I have visited schools all over this country. I have seen young people who have to work in the shiny corporations because they do not have computers at their desk. There are wires hanging out of windows. Vandals will cut them at night. There are youngsters who have to run from one side of the building to the other side of the building because it is raining. The schools are crumbling. In 1996, the problem was $112 billion. Now it is $300 billion. If we can build roads, bridges, highways, prisons, then while we are assisting our local governments, we can provide the emergency aid to rebuild our schools. Our children deserve no less.
Nita Lowey: “I have visited schools all over this country. I have seen young people who have to work in the shiny corporations…”
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Addressing the need for funding to rebuild crumbling schools during a discussion on education.
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