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I believe the American people are entitled to some straight talk when it comes to higher education funding. -- Ric Keller
I believe Nebraskans appreciate the fiscal discipline I've brought to state government, balancing the budget without raising taxes and prioritizing education funding. -- Dave Heineman
If the government announced that it was going to allocate a vast tranche of education funding purely to the pupils at the best public schools, there would be a national outcry - and yet this is precisely what the Olympics represents in terms of sports funding. -- Will Self
When elected, I will make education funding a top priority and I believe we must ensure those dollars reach our children and the classroom -- Chris Christie
There is still a lot of misinformation being spread about higher education funding arrangements under the new Act. The students page on my website sets out the main points in the Act. -- Anne Campbell
We can't get to the $4 trillion in savings that we need by just cutting the 12 percent of the budget that pays for things like medical research and education funding and food inspectors and the weather service. And we can't just do it by making seniors pay more for Medicare. -- Barack Obama
We can't afford not to fully fund education. -- John Perez
Only a liberal senator from Massachusetts would say that a 49 percent increase in funding for education was not enough. -- George W. Bush
The American education system couldn't be more badly directed or poorly funded if the Secretary of Education were Ed Wood. -- Dennis Miller
We're first on executions. We're 49th in funding public education. We're in a race with Mississippi for the bottom, and we're winning. -- Kinky Friedman
Those outside of autism need to understand this is an epidemic and we need more government funding, insurance coverage and education reform. -- Jenny McCarthy
Education should be one of our top funding priorities; talking about it does not help the teachers and students who desperately need promises fulfilled. -- Solomon Ortiz
The promise of education reform can never be fulfilled without adequate funding, and by shortchanging our schools, President Bush is breaking his promise to our children. -- Joe Lieberman
Last year, I twice voted against the Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations bill because it did not adequately fund education in general, and Native American programs specifically. -- Rick Renzi
We are trying to make up these other elements by gaining cost efficiencies through our reengineering process and through overt fund-raising activities to better support graduate education. -- Charles Vest
The last thing that should happen is funding cut for education; it should be increased. We need to put more money towards education, and anything else is abusive. -- Flea
The United States is the most innovative country in the world. But our leadership could slip away if we fail to properly fund primary, secondary and higher education. -- Jeff Bingaman
There is a growing acceptance and interest in publicly funded school choice as a catalyst for education reform in general and a way to empower parents to be education reformers. -- John T. Walton
Taxpayers will not stand for - nor should they - the funding of poster sites, leaflets or advertising. What people will support is funding for political education, for training, for party organization. -- Peter Hain
Reforming public education, cutting property taxes, fixing adult and child protective services and funding our budget can all occur when Democrats and Republicans engage in consensus and cooperation - not cynicism and combat. -- Rick Perry
State governments generate less revenue in a recession. As state leaders struggle to make up for lost revenue, legislatures tend to cut funding for higher education. Colleges, in turn, answer these funding cuts with tuition hikes. -- Arne Duncan
I am and have always been a strong proponent of public education. But by the virtue of its very nature - publicly funded schools cannot offer the type of spiritual education that Catholic schools have long provided. -- Mark Foley
Policymakers can draw much from 'The Need for Roots': such clear prescriptions as that employers ought to provide an adequate vocational training for their employees, education should be compulsory and publicly funded, and include technical as well as elementary education. -- Pankaj Mishra
The only way we can give our children the best education in the world and prepare them for the next century is by funding the programs that serve them. -- Paul Newman

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