Chaka Fattah: “But it just shows that the interest in this matter is not partisan and we intend, you know, well beyond this…”

That in the Nixon school finance commission, in its summary, it said that as long as we have a property-based funded school system, poor children in our country are going to disproportionately fail.

Let me thank the gentlewoman who has organized this Special Order. There is no greater cause that could be the focus of our attention in this august body than that of future generations of Americans. Too much time is focused on the next…

I thank the gentleman from the Lone Star State. He is a good friend, and I know that we have had an occasion to work together on water systems in Texas in my role as a member of the Appropriations Committee. We were able to work…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Mr. Duncan of South Carolina