Pete Domenici: “This is different from other efforts to encapsulate our Federal programs into some kind of block grant, and for the most…”

“This is different from other efforts to encapsulate our Federal programs into some kind of block grant, and for the most part that was always to cut education. There is no effort to cut education here. The major increases that are in this bill that are in response to the budget agreement are all used in this fund--not a penny less--and it may be much bigger when it reaches the districts. That money will increase the level so nobody should think that Senators Gorton and Domenici are for reducing the expenditure. If we save administrative money, we want to spend it on the kids, and it ought to be a rather substantial amount of money.”