Thomas Daschle: “I am as disappointed as he is that in committee, after more than a year's worth of work, the document the committee had…”

“I am as disappointed as he is that in committee, after more than a year's worth of work, the document the committee had been using, the work they had been constructing was shelved in favor of a very partisan approach to the Federal role in education for the next 6 years through ESEA. I know, I am sure--I do not know--I am sure that he shares my disappointment that the kind of bipartisan tradition we have had in drafting this legislation over 35 years was not represented in the final vote during the markup of the ESEA in committee.”