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Tom Harkin: “this amendment is as phony as a $3 bill. It provides for 2 years of funding for the Individuals with Disabilities…”

On the recordMarch 21, 2003
this amendment is as phony as a $3 bill. It provides for 2 years of funding for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and then you drop off the face of the Earth. And it gets the money from--where? It gets it from nowhere. It is play money. Later on, I will have an amendment that will really fund that. I have been working on an amendment with the Senator from Nebraska that will really put the money in there and get us fully funded for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act by 2011. It will not be funny money, and it will not fall off the face of the Earth in 2 years like the Gregg amendment. I ask for defeat of this amendment.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa
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Editor's note · Context

Opposing the Gregg amendment related to funding for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

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