Political Quotes

“The schools in our Nation's Capital are in a state of crisis. The dropout rate in the school system is over 40 percent. We have a very low percentage of these students going on to college. There are safety issues and management issues, but worst of all there is a technology revolution that is engulfing the beltway, creating thousands and thousands of jobs in the Metro D.C. area and the District of Columbia. And the students who come out of its public schools have not really been able to participate in a meaningful way in this revolution. This amendment addresses this human tragedy by making surplus congressional information technology equipment available at no cost to the city's public elementary and secondary schools. Specifically the amendment would authorize the Chief Administrative Officer of the House to transfer surplus equipment without charge to the District of Columbia public school system during fiscal year 1998. My amendment is limited to the District of Columbia schools because of the special responsibility that the Congress has to the residents of this Federal District under the Constitution.”