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On the recordSeptember 4, 1996
I think we have to press that issue. I think we have to get real serious about the safety and soundness of our schools and the conditions of our schools for the interest of not only the students and the teachers but for the interest of education, period. I think we have to send a very strong message that if a school does not pass the necessary codes, if it is not up to par, then it should not open. I am one of the strongest advocates, as the gentleman is, in this House as relates to education. But I do not think we ought to allow schools to open, schools that do not meet the code, because we will not allow a person to open up a barber shop, and one cannot opine the thought that we have more than interest in a barber shop or a shoeshine shop than we have in a school, an elementary and secondary school.
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Cleo Fields
Democratic · Louisiana
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Addressing the safety and conditions of schools during a debate on education.

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