James M. Jeffords: “I know the Senator from Pennsylvania is aware of this, but we have not passed the appropriations bill out of the Senate…”

“I know the Senator from Pennsylvania is aware of this, but we have not passed the appropriations bill out of the Senate yet in this area. So there is nothing in concrete yet. The Congress has not passed an appropriations bill for education. So there is nothing locked in concrete at this particular time. So there is certainly not only time but obviously the ability to modify the figures and not to have to cut back on these other programs. It will take some doing. But you still have to negotiate with the House. Changes can be made in the whole process on these things right now. It is not the fault of the Senator from Pennsylvania that the Senate has not acted on this, and we have a problem that everybody knows about in this area. But there is nothing locked in concrete at this time. I yield the floor.”