Frank Lautenberg: “They are firetraps. They are insecure at a time when security is high in the consciousness list. So I hope a source can…”

“They are firetraps. They are insecure at a time when security is high in the consciousness list. So I hope a source can be found that doesn't violate the basic construction we put into this budget resolution. I commend the Senator from Illinois for her dedication, for her determination to bring this problem foursquare in front of us and try and solve it. The statistics are so terrible that if you look at them, they begin to lose their significance: 30 percent of the children not having adequate heating and ventilating; 24 percent--other schools without adequate plumbing. The list goes on. That is just the physical eyesore that is out there that you would expect to be something resembling a decaying factory and not a facility that is being used by youngsters who are trying, with the help of often inadequate supervision, to try and find some life for themselves that they can follow and get through. If you walk into a place that is a dump, it is not going to lift your spirits to start your day.”