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Jerry Lewis: “I must say that the job that was being done for those kids and with those kids at a local public elementary school was…”

On the recordOctober 3, 2000
I must say that the job that was being done for those kids and with those kids at a local public elementary school was truly just short of fantastic, and I ran for the school board in order to try to extend that kind of local education in my local community. Over the years, all of us have seen some significant change in education and the way it works and sometimes does not work so well. Upon arriving in the Congress, that interest in education continued. The first thing I did was to look for leadership on my side of the aisle. The first person I looked to was Bill Goodling. So it is a great privilege for me to rise today and express my strong feelings of not just support, but the reality that the House will dearly miss his leadership in this very, very important field.
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Jerry Lewis
California
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Expressing support for Bill Goodling's leadership in education during a speech in Congress.

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