Bobby Scott actually said...

"Should we be able to withhold school improvement resources?"

"It assumes you guys do not know what you are doing and that is really frustrating."

"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."