A President's rhetoric is counted in syntax but measured in sense and nonsense, not to mention order. The highest percentage increase in our budget should go to our children's education. Education is my top priority and by supporting this budget, you will make it yours as well. Values are important, so we have tripled funding for character education to teach our children not only reading and writing, but right from wrong. When it comes to our schools, dollars alone do not always make the difference.
Funding is important, and so is reform.
So we must tie funding to higher standards and accountability for results. Yet when the federal government spends tax dollars, we must insist on results. Your Honour, we wish this entered and marked as People's Exhibit B - Quadrupletalk. As standards rise, local schools will need more flexibility to meet them. So we must streamline the dozens of Federal education programs into five and let States spend money in those categories as they see fit.