On the recordApril 25, 2001
I want to know who is taking care of our children. This weekend will mark 100 days since President Bush delivered his inaugural address. In that speech, he promised this Nation that he would leave no child behind. Yet since then the President has focused almost all of his attention on promoting his multi-billion dollar tax break. This tax package would use up so much of our surplus that it actually leaves millions of children behind; behind in terms of reduced funding for child care, behind in terms of cuts to juvenile justice programs, and behind in terms of education programming. Madam Speaker, Americans do not want tax breaks for the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans; they want safe schools and a bright future for our children. In the past 100 days, the President has shown us who is taking care of billionaires; but, like me, the American people want to know who is taking care of our children.
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