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Charles Rangel: I would urge the gentleman, please, not to place his arguments on special needs, because there is absolutely no…

On the recordOctober 23, 1997
I would urge the gentleman, please, not to place his arguments on special needs, because there is absolutely no description in this legislation as to what is a special needs child, which means that every parent, I would like to believe, would believe that their child has special needs and there is no way in the world to disprove it.
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Charles Rangel
Democratic · New York

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Discussing the lack of clarity regarding special needs children in proposed legislation.

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