Timothy Roemer: “I would like to try to get order, Mr. Chairman, because this is a very important bill; we are dealing with education and…”

“I would like to try to get order, Mr. Chairman, because this is a very important bill; we are dealing with education and public school choice. Mr. Chairman, I want to explain to my colleagues, particularly the Democrats, that most of these amendments are our amendments, and we are accommodating the Democrats with accepting the amendments, and we want to move on to accepting these amendments, working out a colloquy, working through this very important bill, and then passing it. I think we are only about 15 or 20 minutes away from passing this important legislation, and if we will get the cooperation of the body for just that amount of time, I think we are very, very close to finishing up this bipartisan legislation.”