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ANNE M. NORTHUP: “I would just like to challenge the Department of Education and the President to rethink their proposal. Since they…”

On the recordApril 30, 1997
I would just like to challenge the Department of Education and the President to rethink their proposal. Since they believe that schools construction is so important, since they believe the need is so great that we cannot afford it, I am going to ask them to resubmit their proposal and take out the Davis-Bacon provision, say that they will be excepted from this so that those projects that they say we need so badly will be built, there will be an opportunity for more schools for our children, and they can prove how dedicated they are to our kids by removing this very costly provision.
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ANNE M. NORTHUP
Kentucky
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Challenging the Department of Education and the President on school construction proposals.

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