this whole issue of the balanced budget amendment and the three-fifths super majority is one that if you really analyze it can confuse you a lot. First of all, we all come here with an equal vote and now we are being told in order to…

just to make a clarification, I asked the city of New York to let me know how much it would cost just to count 1 million school children, and they said $5 to $10 a head. That is $5 to $10 million in New York City. In New York State it…

I guess the best way to start this discussion this time, as I look at the gentleman from California, is to quote a Member of his party some years ago and simply say: 'Here you go again.' Madam Chairman, I have no understanding why the…

Mr. Chairman, one of the problems with this amendment, the Roth amendment, is that it is an amendment that speaks to the language issue during an education debate, and while the language issue may, for some people, be a legitimate issue…

let me tell the gentleman, I am very happy to see that he has now become a follower of the President and that he will probably do so on other votes on the floor. That holds very little water with us.

Mr. Chairman, during the last few months, we have come to the floor to discuss this issue in a different form almost on a weekly basis, and during that time and each one of those times, the debate has been very emotional, as in fact it has…

Mr. Chairman, during the last few months, we have come to the floor to discuss this issue in a different form almost on a weekly basis, and during that time and each one of those times, the debate has been very emotional, as in fact it has…