Paul Coverdell: “I will show the Senator the data. We all see private schools that stand out. That is what forms the image. I am saying…”

“I will show the Senator the data. We all see private schools that stand out. That is what forms the image. I am saying when you look at all the private schools across the country, you come up with a lot of people who do not have many resources. We will discuss this at a further time. Mr. President, with regard to the Kennedy amendment, which I have here, this amendment was laid down yesterday in the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. It is the first amendment that was offered in the committee, and it is in the process of being discussed. There are controversies in it. Folks on our side think, once again, it is a story of mandates and regulations and instructions to local schools about how to manage the affairs at the local level. The appropriate place for this amendment to be decided is in the committee of jurisdiction. The other point I want to make, and I have made it repeatedly, is that this is about the fifth or sixth attempt by the other side to come to the Senate floor with what are very laudable ideas, but they are all constructed in a way that is either/or. If we adopt the Kennedy amendment or any one of these other five amendments we have been dealing with for the last several days, the main effect is to cancel the education savings account.”