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Watson Coleman: The reality is that what we are doing here is picking and choosing and leaving all the rest of the children in the…

On the recordJanuary 31, 1996
The reality is that what we are doing here is picking and choosing and leaving all the rest of the children in the public school, and I know that is the goal of the Republican agenda. I am not too worried, I will tell the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. Obey] that the rest of the country will follow this example because it will not work.
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Watson Coleman
New Jersey

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Addressing concerns about the impact of educational policies on public school children.

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