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
Major Owens quotes about
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.
issues long has-beens
Washington has been ignoring this issue for too long.
rights two people
It was the best route to get folks to understand segregation fast. Civil rights and women's rights had a clear history. Making the transition to rights for people with disabilities became easier because we had the history of the other two.
technology years two
I would like to spend my next two years showing how the aim of making technology available to every young person can be built into the effort to make our nation more secure. That is my latest concern and what I will be pushing over the next two years.
going-away world needs
We need to get ready for a world where terrorism will not ever fully go away.
leadership exercise constant
You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.
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.
fuel gasoline income
High gas prices are eating away at consumers disposal income and could lead to a further economic downturn, especially for those whose livelihood depend on gasoline and diesel fuel.
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.
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.
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.
civil enforce government
Our government just won't enforce civil rights laws. The laws will be ignored.
attitude
The problem was just a mean attitude that festers and has to be challenged.