09/23/1997
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"It would be completely irresponsible for us not to allocate a substantial investment in trying to protect America from threats that will be, in all probability, as likely or more likely in the future ..."
"Research confirms what most of us know from our own experience: What most determines whether students learn is not family background or even dollars spent per pupil but the talent, the ability, and th..."
"I will call on Congress to invest $1.4 billion to hire new, better trained teachers to reduce class size in the early grades."
"I think we should do more, and this is a big downpayment on it."