Political Quotes

“It is a pleasure to be opening this second session of the 106th Congress with a bill that is, I believe, so important in our step-by-step approach to improving education, which is something I think both sides of the aisle feel strongly about. From the statements we have heard today and at the end of last week, and we will hear again and again, nothing is more important to America's future than addressing the education needs of our children. That is so for all the obvious reasons. There is nothing more important than education as we look at the preparation for quality of life, for looking at our Nation's overall economic prosperity domestically, but also as we look at issues such as global competitiveness. As we heard this afternoon, every child in America does deserve the right to a drug-free classroom, to a violence-free classroom, with a highly qualified teacher at the head of that class. As a father of three young boys, 16, 14, and 12, I think a lot about education.”