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Frank Riggs: “Now that we have struck that note of bipartisan cooperation and agreement, I just want to interject for the Record, and…”

On the recordJune 16, 1998
Now that we have struck that note of bipartisan cooperation and agreement, I just want to interject for the Record, and here I think is the clear, and I believe collegial difference between the Democratic Members of the House of Representatives and the Republican Members; while we agree on the problem, the problem being social promotion, we disagree on the solution to the problem. Many of us, if not most of us on the Republican side of the aisle, feel that the solution inherently involves infusing the education system today with more competition, giving parents more choice, and that is that the best way, if not the only way, to ensure bootstrap improvement in our schools and ensure that schools are ultimately more accountable to the consumers of education: parents and guardians.
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Frank Riggs
California
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Discussing differences between Democrats and Republicans on education reform and parental choice.

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