Our founding fathers recognized you can't build a new country and make it successful and mighty without an educated population. They recognized that if all our American children were given a chance for a great public education, it would not matter where they were born. You could become a success without a good education. That philosophy is still true today. That is why we must fairly and properly fund our public schools so all our children can have the opportunity to become successful and contribute back to America in service and purchase power. The Governor and my party in the PA State House have presented many proposals to reduce the local tax burden and use state resources to balance the state's responsibility to appropriately fund all our public schools. Unfortunately, resistance from the majority party in the PA State Senate has prevented these new ideas from helping both children and families. That is why it is so important to vote to ensure all our children have an equal opportunity to learn and thrive.