On the recordSeptember 28, 1999
So while my Republican colleagues are running around trying to take care of the fiscal logjam they have again created, I want to know and we have to ask ourselves, all of us, when we do this, who is taking care of our children? Where is today's rule for our children? Our children do not need political posturing. They do not need budget schemes on Capitol Hill. They need more funding for education. They need quality, accessible health care. And they need the surplus invested in Social Security and Medicare. And most of all, they need our national debt to be paid down so that we will protect their future, and they need it now. So again I ask my Republican colleagues, while they are playing games with their future, where is the rule that says our children come first?
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