Lizzie Fletcher: “certainly in response to my colleague who last spoke, let me say that if he looks historically over the last several…”

“certainly in response to my colleague who last spoke, let me say that if he looks historically over the last several years in the funding for IDEA, he will find that since the Republicans have taken control of Congress, percentage-wise we have increased the funding for IDEA substantially over what previously had been funded, and I think we are doing a remarkable job as we increase the funding for that. I also rise to lend my enthusiastic support to President Bush's education reform plan, No Child Left Behind. First, I would like to congratulate the Committee on Education and the Workforce chairman, the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Boehner), and the ranking member, the gentleman from California (Mr. George Miller) for this landmark piece of legislation and thank them for nearly one full year of work to produce a true education reform bill. President Bush took office and immediately began his efforts to reform education in America.”