William F. Goodling: “Reclaiming my time, I would indicate the very first thing we did in Pennsylvania is put on a 6-percent sales tax, which…”

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…

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…

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.

On November 19, 1863, Mr. Speaker, President Abraham Lincoln delivered America's most famous speech during a brief visit to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, for the dedication of a military cemetery for the war dead. But what few people really…