Timothy Roemer: “at this time of day, all across this great country from San Diego to New York, from Wisconsin to Louisiana, our parents…”

“at this time of day, all across this great country from San Diego to New York, from Wisconsin to Louisiana, our parents, our grandparents, our aunts and uncles are concerned about the same thing, and that is the safety of our children in our schools; whether those children are in classrooms or playgrounds, inner-city or rural schools, our parents share this concern about their safety. I want to point out, I hope, a noncontroversial part of this bill and salute the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Hyde) and the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Conyers), for a provision that mirrors a bill that the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Rothman) and I introduced called the Secure Our Schools Act, that will provide $30 million each year for 3 years for a total of $90 million to help our schools be safe and secure, especially in light of the gun violence that has taken place in our schools over the last 3 years. The beauty of this bill is that this provides Federal resources to our local schools but lets the local school determine what to spend this money on.”