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Tom Harkin: “I had offered an amendment a couple of weeks ago to fully fund the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act so we…”

On the recordJuly 18, 2000
I had offered an amendment a couple of weeks ago to fully fund the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act so we could help the States help families with children with disabilities to send them to school to get them the best possible education. We were stymied by the Republicans. Most of them voted against it. Yet they find it within themselves to give, as the Senator pointed out, to the top 1 percent of this country 43 percent of the tax breaks. The surplus we have coming in the next 10 years is being used up by these tax breaks. I might ask the Senator if that is not so. It is my information, just this year, up until right now, this Senate, under Republican leadership, has passed something over $1.3 trillion in tax cuts.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa
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Discussing funding for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and tax cuts during Senate debate.

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