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Katie Porter: “I think the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey) has just clearly defined our differences. We believe that education…”

On the recordOctober 25, 2000
I think the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey) has just clearly defined our differences. We believe that education decisions can be made at the local level, and we are willing to give not the President's level of $1.3 billion, but $2.7 billion. If local school districts want to use it for school construction, they can. We believe that they can make these decisions without Washington direction. The flexibility that we believe in and the control that they believe in clearly defines the differences between our two parties in this area. That is the way it is. We understand it. We accept it. We think that they are wrong; and obviously, they think that we are wrong.
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Katie Porter
Democratic · California
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Discussing differences in education funding and decision-making between parties.

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