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Gilbert Gutknecht: “It is amazing. I am just amazed, and I would like to see their voucher plan expanded to nonpublic, private…”

On the recordJuly 11, 1995
It is amazing. I am just amazed, and I would like to see their voucher plan expanded to nonpublic, private, religious-related schools. That is not going to be the case, at least for the first phase of this. But as I said, back in the Midwest we have an expression. When people say that will never happen, one of the ways of saying that is ``When pigs fly.'' Believe it or not, here in Washington we are seeing vouchers and experimentation with privatizing the schools. So I am not going to criticize them for not going full scale with a voucher plan, because when pigs fly, I do not think we should criticize them for not staying up very long. So, we are making tremendous progress.
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Gilbert Gutknecht
Republican · Minnesota
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Discussing the expansion of voucher plans for education during a House floor speech.

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