Bobby Scott actually said...

"We cannot go back to the days when the Federal Government dictated national education policy. It did not work then and it will not work now."

"No doubt you have good intentions, Mr. Secretary, but you do not have the legal authority to do this. I strongly urge you to abandon this flawed scheme."

"If a locality is chronically underfunding certain schools, is there not an obligation to come up with some appropriate equitable funding outside of the ESSA?"

"And then supplement and not supplant would mean that you would have to supplement over what your legal obligation is, is that right?"