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On the recordJune 13, 2001
Can there be any more eloquent argument that whatever else we do with Straight A's and academic performance, we should not take a program for which there is such need in this country, where the overwhelming evidence is that police officers and people who provide afterschool programs are begging us not to jeopardize the millions of kids who could be in a pilot program affecting literally millions of children--we should not exclude this valuable tool for keeping kids safe and providing some safe harbor for them in the afterschool hours.
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Chris Dodd
Democratic · Connecticut
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Discussing the importance of afterschool programs during a debate on education policy.

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