Paul Coverdell: “the underlying legislation, in great part, has been designed by a colleague of the Senator from California, Mr.…”

“the underlying legislation, in great part, has been designed by a colleague of the Senator from California, Mr. Torricelli, of New Jersey, who sits right next to her. The underlying proposal has a significant component for new school construction. The legislation was designed and offered in the Finance Committee by the Senator from Florida, Mr. Graham, on the other side of the aisle. The underlying proposal has a very key provision to enforce or reinforce States that have prepaid tuition to help children meet college costs, and that was designed by Senator Breaux, of Louisiana, on the other side of the aisle. The underlying provision has a key component to help employers help employees who need continuing education, and that was either designed by Senator Moynihan from New York or Senator Breaux from Louisiana. So the underlying proposal, if you really want to add up just the financial impact, is 80 percent designed by the other side of the aisle and about 20 percent from our side. I guess in the general division of the issues, it is about 50/50.”