I will continue my activities related to education in one way or another. I certainly would have at the top my agenda, with respect to education, the need to do much better with modern educational technology. Major Owens Read Quote
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. Major Owens Read Quote
It is very difficult to get legislation passed. But then the danger always is that you have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power. Major Owens Read Quote
Our government just won’t enforce civil rights laws. The laws will be ignored. Major Owens Read Quote
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. Major Owens Read Quote
The first place to start is on enforcement. We who got the ADA passed did the hard part, the heavy lifting. Major Owens Read Quote
The kind of society which we still have is maybe, in some cases, getting worse. Competition is becoming a virtue. Intense competition drives people to go more and more into self-interest. Even to see other folks as competition. Major Owens Read Quote
The ownership of computers in the home is far less than the statistics show, because usually when the computer breaks down once, that is the end of it for a long, long time. They do not have the money or incentive to get the computer repaired. Major Owens Read Quote
