Major Owens
Major Owens
Major Robert Odell Owenswas a New York politician and a prominent member of the Democratic Party who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 2007, representing the state's 11th Congressional district. He retired at the end of his term in January 2007 and was succeeded by Yvette Clarke...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth28 June 1936
CountryUnited States of America
mean thinking long
I think some combined pressure could go a long way, could establish the fact that this legislation did pass and we mean business by it. We mean to have it enforced, we mean to have it become effective.
fall oil pumps
Even if gas prices fall, consumers will continue to be gouged at the pump the only thing that we can be sure rises faster that the price of gasoline is the skyrocketing profits of oil companies.
people lines admiration
I have a great deal of respect and admiration for people who put themselves on the line.
teacher children moving
Children are already accustomed to a world that moves faster and is more exciting than anything a teacher in front of a classroom can do.
school technology challenges
Education technology is very important because we have a massive challenge in public schools.
leadership exercise constant
You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.
gun rifles acquisition
We have to start with a ban on the manufacturing and import of handguns. From there we register the guns which are currently owned, and follow that with additional bans and acquisitions of handguns and rifles with no sporting purpose.
going-away world needs
We need to get ready for a world where terrorism will not ever fully go away.
technology community tools
Technology tools such as laptops are the kind of help that we need. A program that provides laptops for all youngsters would close a gap that most of us are not aware of, or will not admit to, which is a tremendous gap in the poor communities.
ada firsts enforcement
The first place to start is on enforcement. We who got the ADA passed did the hard part, the heavy lifting.
technology people training
Therefore, you are not training young people for the world of today and the world of tomorrow unless you are doing proven technology training. That is one of the reasons I'm so concerned.
technology cost students
We can do it better, more consistently, and in the end, it will cost us less because the students that we produce will be superior to those without technology experience.
educational technology quality
We can close the gap and improve what happens in the classroom by using educational technology that is the same high quality everywhere.
teacher order people
We can not wait until we have enough trained people willing to work at a teacher's salary and under conditions imposed upon teachers in order to improve what happens in the classroom.