I am a big supporter of both of these initiatives, and I think the chairman was correct to point out that these programs which were launched by legislation passed by Congress, and were started under the previous administration are still needed.
Fattah emphasizes the importance of ongoing support for initiatives started by previous legislation.
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Now I think that there may be some mutuality of interest if what the gentleman says is true about what is at stake here. However, this is not a process in which we can discern all of that at this moment. This is an appropriations bill. I…
Who has the right to close? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Pennsylvania has the right to close.
Let me restate my question. Is there legislation coming forward that would end the practice?
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.
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