Political Quotes

“Thomas Friedman, in his book ``The World Is Flat,'' concludes that jobs in this country--and he says this with a backdrop of global competitiveness--ultimately depend on education of our young people. More specifically, jobs of the future are going to depend on a prepared workforce of youth well educated in math, science, engineering, the sorts of fields that prepare people for the jobs of the future. He very nicely said in his book--and I wholeheartedly agree--that those jobs are going to require that preparation. If we prepare our youth in math, science, engineering, we will prepare them for jobs for the future which will improve our global competitiveness. That means this competition will be addressed between China and India for jobs, for people who are trained or study in Virginia, in truth, will be competing with students in China and India. In the legislation we are considering over the next 2 days, Congress is very specifically addressing this link between global competitiveness, jobs of the future, and education in this country-- specifically math, science, and engineering education. I will spend a couple of minutes on a new student aid program I created called the SMART grant.…”