Political Quotes

“making sure our Nation's students get a quality education is critical for our ability--our country's ability-- to lead the world in the years to come, and a good education can be a ticket to the middle class. It is also important for building an economy from the middle out, not just from the top down. Of course, yesterday the House of Representatives passed their partisan bill to reauthorize the Nation's K-12 education bill. While that is another important step in the process to finally fix the badly broken No Child Left Behind law, I am disappointed that House Republicans have chosen to take a partisan approach in their bill that is unacceptable to Democrats and will never become law. I appreciate the work that ranking member Bobby Scott put into the House Democratic substitute. I am looking forward to coming together with him as well as Chairman Kline in a conference. I truly hope House Republicans will be ready to join ranking member Bobby Scott and other House and Senate Democrats, Senate Republicans, and the administration as we work to get this done in a way that works for all students and families. I am looking forward to continuing that work here today in the Senate. Again, I truly want to thank my colleague, the senior Senator from Tennessee, for working with me on our bipartisan bill, and I appreciate Chairman Alexander's cooperation in working in a bipartisan way through this process.…”