William F. Goodling said "I know the gentleman wanted to tell his friend, the gentleman from New York City (Mr. Owens) that the great mandate that the gentleman really wants to tell him about, which is a 100 percent mandate, which destroys his school district from hiring new teachers, destroys his school district from reducing class size, destroys his school district from building new buildings, destroys his school district from maintaining the existing buildings, is the 100 percent mandate from Washington, D.C. called, called ``special education.'' That is the mandate that the gentleman wants to tell the gentleman from New York City about, because oh, my, if he got that 40 percent of excess costs, he could do anything under the sun in his district. He would get millions of dollars. He would get $1 billion or more every year. That is all he needs." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMarch 10, 1999

I know the gentleman wanted to tell his friend, the gentleman from New York City (Mr. Owens) that the great mandate that the gentleman really wants to tell him about, which is a 100 percent mandate, which destroys his school district from hiring new teachers, destroys his school district from reducing class size, destroys his school district from building new buildings, destroys his school district from maintaining the existing buildings, is the 100 percent mandate from Washington, D.C. called, called ``special education.'' That is the mandate that the gentleman wants to tell the gentleman from New York City about, because oh, my, if he got that 40 percent of excess costs, he could do anything under the sun in his district. He would get millions of dollars. He would get $1 billion or more every year. That is all he needs.

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William F. Goodling

Pennsylvania

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the impact of federal mandates on local school districts.

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