Lynn C. Woolsey: “Mr. Chairman, as it stands now, H.R. 1 is good enough. It is not great, mainly for what it leaves out. It would be a…”

“Mr. Chairman, as it stands now, H.R. 1 is good enough. It is not great, mainly for what it leaves out. It would be a better bill if it included my amendment to keep coordinated services as part of the act. That way, children and their families would have a safe place, at or near their school site, in order to have access to services, the services that they need when their lives are so very, very busy. It is also too bad that my 'Go Girl' amendment to bring more females into the math, science, engineering, and technology workforce was not included. When women, who are one-half of our population make up only 19 percent of our science, engineering, and technology workforce, we must encourage more girls to study these subjects. 'Go Girl' would have done that. On the other hand, H.R. 1 includes testing provisions, provisions that must be removed from this bill. Two good things about H.R. 1 are what have been excluded in the bill; that are not in the bill. These good things are no private school vouchers and no block grants. Block grants would take education funds from students and schools which need them the most. But if these amendments pass, adding vouchers or block grants, then I would suggest that we defeat H.R. 1.”