Political Quotes

“I thank the distinguished ranking member of this committee, and I thank the floor managers. I particularly thank Mr. Hinojosa for his long service on workforce issues and about higher education issues to the proponent of the amendment. Certainly, we know that reporting is important. What I want to focus on, Madam Chairwoman, is what America is all about. We are, in fact, the land of opportunity and dreams. We are the richest country in the world, and our benefit and our success has come because we have invested in people. As we watched the Depression and the era of World War II and our soldiers coming home, prosperity began when we gave them the GI Bill; and here we are today, trying to undermine under H.R. 803 the very opportunity in States for those people who are still seeking to climb the ladder. By block-granting these 35 programs and shifting to our State governments individual programs that are to serve our adults and youth and farm workers and dislocated workers, we are going down a road of no return. We are eliminating the priority of service delivery for low- income adults and out-of-school youth. We are eliminating the thought processes that are necessary to know what rural neighborhoods or communities and urban communities need. Texas is one of the largest States in the Union, and I can assure you that eliminating separate training funds for youth programs is devastating.…”