I'm going to take another risk. I'm going to talk about a missed opportunity. I'm going to tell you why people who oppose private school choice are wrong. This is not choice for the sake of choice, or choice for the sake of private schools-it is choice for a system that needs greater accountability and choice for minority and economically disadvantaged children who are part of our community. They are supposed to be the beneficiaries of federal aid.
Rich people have a choice.
They don't need federal money for that. They can move to a different neighborhood or send their kids to another school. What the President wants to do, and what I want to do, is use federal money to give poor people a choice. We took a risk with education in Texas, and it worked. We are proud of that risk and those results.