Political Quotes

“I rise in support of the text any California amendment, but opposing the bill. For more than a quarter of a century, the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, IDEA, has helped countless disabled youth to complete their education and become contributing members of our society. Although this program has succeeded in its efforts to ensure that all American children receive a free and appropriate public education, this Congress, and I am not talking about the majority Republican, I am talking about my first term when we were in the majority, although IDEA was not up for reauthorization, we failed to fully fund IDEA. This is my sixth term, and for five of those terms, as Democrats, we have not been in the majority, so somewhere along the way you are going to have to quit pointing back a decade ago and saying 'it is your all's fault.' I am sure that almost every Member of Congress, at one point or another, expressed their support for full funding of IDEA.”