On the recordMarch 14, 2000
I could not help but thinking as the gentleman from New York (Mr. Crowley) was going through it, we talk about children. If one goes in certainly the early classrooms, early years, kindergarten, prekindergarten, first, second grade, their eyes are so bright, they have such visions and opportunity, and they are so trusting. If we can capture that, we can help them there, we can make a difference. One of the leading newspapers in our States said a number of years ago, and they are absolutely correct, and I have used it a number of times since then, they said that children do not know what they need, they only know what they get. It is our responsibility as adults, as policy makers at every level to make sure they get what they need to be good citizens, to be well educated, and make sure the 21st Century is productive for them so that those of us who are now adults are a lot better off.
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