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On the recordApril 30, 2003
the goal of this sense of Congress amendment is, in fact, to direct the resources that we have for disabled children to those disabled children, and to make sure that we are putting into the program those kids, those young people, those children in our schools most in need. The reality is this is an incredibly important program that I take great pride that the Republican Congress has funded at an exceedingly higher level than it was in the past, but those resources need to go to the children most in need. I urge Members to support it.
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John Shadegg
Arizona

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Discussing the importance of directing resources to disabled children during a congressional debate.

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