Political Quotes

“I believe that today has been almost a momentous day, and a very important day to set the stage, I believe, for the way, the manner, and the spirit in which I hope to see a lot of legislation be addressed over the coming months in the remainder of this Congress. We started off with a bill that originated out of really a town meeting format where we have had people come and testify on the task force, and listen very carefully. People came forward, and said, ``We have a program that works.'' To be honest with you, 2 years ago I didn't know what Ed-Flex was. But somebody came forward, and said in a community, as my colleague has just pointed out, that this program works. We fulfilled exactly what the Federal mandate was, and what the Federal intention was. We took the appropriate funding--the Federal dollars that came down. But what the Federal Government allowed us to do through a waiver was to participate through Ed-Flex to accomplish that stated goal of fulfilling the intent of Congress, but in a way that we knew was best for us based on our local circumstances.”