Lynn C. Woolsey: “this is a wasted opportunity. H.R. 4577 is a bad bill, and we should have a rule that would include an amendment to…”

“this is a wasted opportunity. H.R. 4577 is a bad bill, and we should have a rule that would include an amendment to guarantee every one of our students and all of their schools the resources and the assistance they need to perform at the very, very highest standards. Instead, we have a bill that repeals last year's bipartisan agreement to hire 100,000 new teachers. This bill rejects the funds needed to make urgent safety and health repairs to 5,000 schools. It denies after-school services to more than 1 million students, and actually eliminates Head Start for 53,000 children. The one amendment that does bring funding to education does it by taking funds now used to keep American workers safe on their jobs. I strongly urge my colleagues to vote against this rule, and insist on a new rule that allows the House to vote for education funds so that our students and schools will not be left behind.”