Chaka Fattah: “A long-term passion of mine that I hope in the time I am privileged to chair this subcommittee...”

We at one point had a lot of back and forth.

I claim the time in opposition to the amendment even though my opposition is not as apparent as it might otherwise be. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Pennsylvania is recognized for 5 minutes.

Your leadership has been extraordinary.

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.