Chaka Fattah: “I want to commend you for that.”

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.

I authored it some 17 years ago. Millions of young people have benefited.

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 would be happy to concur with the chair's every utterance on this amendment that we will work together and help facilitate what I think is a very righteous effort on behalf of Congressman Jeffries to protect the rights of all Americans…