James M. Jeffords: “I will briefly speak to thank the staffs on both sides. They worked so hard on this bill. When we went to the conference…”

“I will briefly speak to thank the staffs on both sides. They worked so hard on this bill. When we went to the conference with the House, there were many things that had to be worked out and they worked extremely fast and very competently to allow us to have this bill passed and on to the President as soon as possible. I especially thank all of the staff who worked on this bill: Meredith Medley and Lori Meyer with Senator Frist, Danica Petroshius with Senator Kennedy, Suzanne Day with Senator Dodd, Denzel McGuire and Townsend Lange with Senator Gregg, and Lindsay Rosenberg with Senator Wyden. I also thank Susan Hattan and Sherry Kaiman with my staff. I thank all the Members for their excellent cooperation on this bill, which will do a lot to help our local schools in particular to be able to better face the problems they encounter.”