William F. Goodling: “I rise with heavy heart to oppose the amendment. I do so because the new formula... will be taking from other needy…”

New York City would get an extra $190 million if we were fully funding the 40 percent, and Los Angeles would get another $90 million. When we talk about class size reduction, when we talk about school maintenance, think what they could do…

As a matter of fact, Mr. Speaker, two budgets submitted by the White House in a row had a decrease in funding for special education, 2 years in a row.

When we were negotiating the 100,000 teachers last year, the first thing the administration said is we have to take about 10 percent off the top, I think they wanted 15 percent, to keep on the Federal level. I said, wait a minute, you are…

I am reminded each time that we were negotiating that both the President and the Secretaries were governors. Think in terms of being a governor, rather than being a Washington bureaucrat, and you will be offering far better solutions to…