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Tom Harkin: “all I can say is, I wish they could put Senator Specter and me in a room. I think we would come up with a good…”

On the recordSeptember 29, 1999
all I can say is, I wish they could put Senator Specter and me in a room. I think we would come up with a good bipartisan bill. We have already. Because of some outside influences, we are going to have some real problems. That is a shame. I believe my colleague, Senator Murray, will be offering an amendment to authorize and fund the program as we did last year to reduce class size. This amendment will ensure that school districts across the country will not have to lay off almost 30,000 new teachers hired this fall. I urge my colleagues to support Senator Murray's amendment. Again, before I close, I thank Senator Specter and his staff for all their work and their willingness to work together in a truly bipartisan fashion to get this bill to the floor. Mr. President, I yield the floor.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa
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Discussing bipartisan efforts to support education funding and reduce class sizes.

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