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On the recordOctober 22, 1997
Absolutely. I get a little frustrated at times, people talk about how schools have too much money, and some will say that. I do not know where they get that information. I would say to them, anyone who feels schools have more money than they need, go talk to those PTA presidents, those PTA moms and dads who are out there selling candy and selling subscriptions to books and working at ball games in the evening, and taking the money from the concession and buying things schools need, that their children need. That happens all across America. It is not restricted to urban areas, and not restricted to suburban areas, and it is certainly not restricted to rural areas. It is all across the country. Because that to me is the fact that parents want what is best for their children, and they are willing to go the extra mile to make sure that their children get that opportunity. When they do it and they spend those dollars and that time, it is not selfishly, for just their child, it is for all those children in that public school.
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Emerson Etheridge
Ind. Republican-Democrat · Tennessee

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Discussing the funding challenges faced by schools and the efforts of parents to support education.

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