On the recordMarch 8, 2001
Let me try to put that in some perspective. I talked about my piece of legislation. Whether it is this or something else, it really does not matter as long as we live up to the obligation. If we look at fully funding it over the next 5 years, it costs an additional $3 billion a year. In the budget this year that was presented to us, the number in there to take care of inflation, just sheer numbers of additional people in the entire Department of Education, is $2.4 billion, and there are several new proposals that President Bush has for education. So it gives you an idea, just to fund this is $3 billion. In the budget for everything is $2.4 billion. So we have not really put our money where our mouths are, and we need to do that and to live up to those commitments.
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