Pete Sessions: “I do share his views about teachers. My grandmother, in her first job--and I have a photograph of the class--had a real…”

“I do share his views about teachers. My grandmother, in her first job--and I have a photograph of the class--had a real rough looking group of poor kids, no doubt. But in that group was an individual who may have been somewhat inspired by her and who went on to become a U.S. Congressman, Frank Boykin, a man of some note. I always claim that whatever he learned, he learned in that first through sixth grade schoolroom when she taught there. So I think teachers do inspire us. Good teachers understand and are knowledgeable and learned people themselves, and they can then share that. Sometimes I think we spend too much time on process rather than on substance. I again express my appreciation to Senator Byrd for his leadership of this body, this Senate, for reminding us on a regular basis of what we are about, our heritage here, and calling us to our best and highest instincts.”