Burgess Owens: “I want to talk about the fact that the commonsense mandate for action on education is being ignored here in Washington.…”

“I want to talk about the fact that the commonsense mandate for action on education is being ignored here in Washington. We have an attempt to divert the attention of the American people from what is one of our most important issues. In discussing this very important issue of education and the fact that there is an attempt to make us forget how important it is and forget that there is nothing but inaction being proposed about it here in Washington, I think we ought to discuss a few seemingly unrelated issues. The fact that India has just exploded a nuclear device is important to today's topic. The fact that the CIA failed to detect the test preparation is important. The fact that the Senate passed today something called the American Competitiveness Act, which calls for making America competitive by bringing in foreigners, foreign professionals in the information technology industry. The American Competitiveness Act is an example of outrageous language being used here in Washington, ridiculous language.”