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Paul Coverdell: “Although we are getting closer, we might say, well, maybe if there are five more votes like the one today, we will…”

On the recordApril 30, 1997
Although we are getting closer, we might say, well, maybe if there are five more votes like the one today, we will finally end the debate; the bill being a very narrow, specific proposal that tries to respond to the call of the President and three former Presidents to encourage voluntarism in America. To revisit for a moment what was going on in Philadelphia, it was Gen. Colin Powell who said that "the multiple crises confronting children in America have the potential to explode our society." I am going to reread the quote of General Powell. "The multiple crises confronting children have the potential to explode our society," as General Powell called on his fellow Americans to make an extraordinary personal commitment to serve as mentors to at-risk youth.
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Paul Coverdell
Georgia
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Discussing the Senate's efforts to advance legislation encouraging voluntarism in response to children's crises.

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