Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130129:21:45:00
Again, i have to ask you, how does asking a child to pass a test help that family given that if the child fails, the family may struggle even more seriously than they already are struggling? >> first off, i'm not setting the bar like the kids have to become rocket surgeons. we're talking bare bones, these kids are passing up to the next grade. you know, you want to talk a problem, generational poverty, and to me if you stay, hey, we don't care if you get an education, if you quit that's fine -- >> senator -- >> we're not going to get out of that. >> senator, i understand very carefully and i h...