Sam Brownback: “I rise to give some remarks on an amendment being offered today by myself and by Senator Roberts as well as my…”

“I rise to give some remarks on an amendment being offered today by myself and by Senator Roberts as well as my colleagues from New Mexico, Senator Domenici and Senator Bingaman. This amendment, which is revenue neutral, is critically important to education in the State of Kansas. It should be noted that this amendment does not cost the Federal Government any money. In fact, it simply allows the Department of Education in Kansas to grant deductibility in the school finance formula for impact aid funding. Without this amendment it is likely that the Kansas taxpayers would have to pay an extra $6 million in taxes to fully fund the State's education programs. This amendment corrects for a potentially very expensive technicality. I therefore urge the timely consideration of this very important and time sensitive amendment.”