On the recordMarch 26, 1998
If this filibuster continues, I just want to point out that about 14 million American families will be denied the opportunity to establish savings accounts that will help some 20 million children, that 70 percent of those families will be families that have children in public schools, 30 percent in private. To hear some of the opponents, you would think this is a private education savings account. It is far from it. These families would save about $5 billion in the first 5 years and another $5-plus billion in the second 5 years. So we are talking about a lot of money coming to the aid of education without the requirement to raise taxes. No new property taxes, no new Federal taxes. These are families stepping forward to help their children. That will be blocked. Those millions of Americans' opportunity will be stunted.
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