Lindsey Graham: “Education. A lot has been said about education. Apparently there is a great confrontation about the Nation. The…”

“Education. A lot has been said about education. Apparently there is a great confrontation about the Nation. The President said he would veto the Labor-HHS bill if we do not agree to national testing. Mr. President, you just do that. If you want to federalize education, we will have a fight. It is a fight long overdue. Your agenda has been since day one to take everything local and make it national. National testing is a $39 million farce, 90 to $100 million to implement the test in 1999. It is truly a local function being done in abundance. We need to stop testing children. We know the problems. We need to start educating children. If he wants to veto the bill and shut the Government down to federalize education, I think that is a debate that is long overdue, and I await that day.”