Judd Gregg: “Why do we believe that? We believe it, first, because it is an unfunded mandate, but more important, because in our…”

“Why do we believe that? We believe it, first, because it is an unfunded mandate, but more important, because in our school districts across this country, that special-needs child and his or her parents are being put in the impossible position of going into school meeting after school meeting and being told that resources are being used to pay for their child that should be used to pay for other children in the school district. As a result, the special-needs children and their parents are being put in an untenable position. They did nothing wrong. The people who did things wrong were the President and this administration for failing to fund special ed. We are saying let's give the special-needs children in this country a little relief, and let's fund special ed.”