Bob Schaffer: “I am attempting during this next hour to discuss an important issue, the issue of education, and to discuss it within…”

“I am attempting during this next hour to discuss an important issue, the issue of education, and to discuss it within the context of education tax credits which is a new kind of exciting idea that is being considered here in Congress. It is, of course, something that many States know a lot about, but in Washington, it has just been under discussion on pretty serious terms, specifically by our President who has committed his support and pledged his assistance in helping us get a tax credits proposal through the House of Representatives and through the Senate, and ultimately on his own desk. I want to start off by issuing an invitation to our colleagues who may be monitoring these proceedings that if they are, at any point in time, compelled to come down here on the floor and join in this discussion, I want to leave that invitation open and encourage our colleagues to join us on this important matter.”