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Lynn C. Woolsey: “If a school needs roofs, paint, that is what they need, and, if we do not invest in those children, in their schools…”

On the recordOctober 11, 1998
If a school needs roofs, paint, that is what they need, and, if we do not invest in those children, in their schools, what are we saying to them? We are telling those children you do not matter. We want you to get an education, but we do not want it to be the best it could be. And we are not saying, take our Federal tax dollars and wire that plug or that particular room; we are just saying, use those tax dollars to benefit our children because we know they all need a good education. And public education makes that possible, and we want to invest in them.
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Lynn C. Woolsey
California
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Discussing the importance of investing in public school infrastructure and education.

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