Timothy Roemer: “The poet Shelley once wrote that it is very important that children…”

On the recordDecember 13, 2001

The poet Shelley once wrote that it is very important that children believe in belief; that children believe in Santa Claus; that children believe that pumpkins can turn into carriages; and that children believe that little elves can whisper into people's ears. For too long, Mr. Speaker, we have believed that we provide a good, excellent education to all children in this country and that title I helps the disadvantaged. With this bill we shatter and attempt to destroy the myth that poor children cannot learn as well as wealthier children and that we really have targeted resources to help these disadvantaged children over the last 30 years. This bill, with good people working on a good product, achieving good results in a bipartisan way, has really brought great credit to this institution.

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Timothy Roemer

Indiana

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govinfo.gov

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Discussing education reform and the importance of supporting disadvantaged children.

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Timothy Roemer: “The poet Shelley once wrote that it is very important that children believe in belief; that children believe in Santa…”

Editor's note · Context