Chaka Fattah: “The notion that somehow he was being coddled just doesn't square with the facts in this instance.”

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.

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.

We have a program that works. It works in rural communities and urban communities.

We have arrived at our final moment in this bill where my colleague from New York, who is an extraordinary Member, has a very important amendment to offer. I yield back the balance of my time. Amendment Offered by Mr. Jeffries