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Lateefah Simon: “When my friend from Virginia, Senator Warner, said the States will protect people, I think of the bill we finally passed…”

On the recordAugust 1, 1996
When my friend from Virginia, Senator Warner, said the States will protect people, I think of the bill we finally passed when I was over in the House to protect children who wanted to go to school who had disabilities. The States said, ``If you're in a wheelchair, if you're blind, if you're deaf, sorry, we're not going to force education for them.'' The majority of the mentally retarded were not being given any help by our public schools. The Federal Government came along and said, ``You are entitled to this.'' The Federal Government protected people with disabilities, and the Federal Government should protect poor people in this Nation. We are not doing it with this legislation.
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Lateefah Simon
California
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Discussing the need for federal protection for people with disabilities and the poor.

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