Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution (H. Res. 1641) celebrating September 30, 2010, as the 60th Anniversary of Impact Aid. The Clerk read the title of the resolution. The text of the resolution is as follows: H. Res. 1641 Whereas September 30, 2010, marks the 60th anniversary of the date on which President Harry S. Truman signed Public Law 81-874, which enacted the Impact Aid program into law; Whereas the Impact Aid Program is considered by the community it serves as the ``original'' Federal elementary and secondary education program, and is administered by the Secretary of Education; Whereas Impact Aid is designed to reimburse local educational agencies for the loss of traditional revenue due to the presence of tax-exempt property or Federal activity; Whereas Impact Aid payments are allocated directly to local educational agencies in lieu of lost local tax dollars to assist with the basic educational needs of the students and schools; Whereas nearly 1,000,000 children of our men and women in uniform, children residing on Indian lands, children in low- rent public housing, and children of civilians working or living on Federal land are ``federally connected children'' who are served by local educational agencies that are eligible for Impact Aid payments in 2010; Whereas in 1951, 1,183 local educational agencies were eligible for a total Impact Aid payment of $29,080,788, and in 2010, 1,484 local educational agencies enrolling over 11,000,000 st…”