On the recordOctober 9, 1997
I am opposed to the Moran substitute, which would effectively gut the bill of the gentleman from North Carolina [Mr. Taylor] and the very important and I think very necessary reforms that he is trying to enact in the District of Columbia. And I am fascinated that just in terms of the politics of this debate, it is pretty clear, I hope, to those that are watching and listening, who the progressives are and who the conservatives are, the conservatives that are trying to defend an indefensible status quo. Do not take my word for it. Listen to the Washington Post that last February ran a 5 part series. I hope my colleagues saw it. For those that want to stand up here and defend the District of Columbia public schools on that particular school system, they concluded that D.C. public schools are 'a well-financed failure.' A well financed failure. A school system that employs almost two times more administrators than the national average.
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