William H. Frist said "My great fear is, if this amendment passes, let's say we put $22 billion in, you have destroyed the accountability, the heart and soul of this bill, the opportunity to give that seventh grader the opportunity to have the diagnosis made of why she is failing. I don't understand the relationship. Why would you punish the child and eliminate the opportunity to diagnose her problems based on funding? Again, why would one hold this ransom for, again, huge amounts of money, if you are not trying to link the two directly? Unless you are trying to bring down the whole bill." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJune 7, 2001

My great fear is, if this amendment passes, let's say we put $22 billion in, you have destroyed the accountability, the heart and soul of this bill, the opportunity to give that seventh grader the opportunity to have the diagnosis made of why she is failing. I don't understand the relationship. Why would you punish the child and eliminate the opportunity to diagnose her problems based on funding? Again, why would one hold this ransom for, again, huge amounts of money, if you are not trying to link the two directly? Unless you are trying to bring down the whole bill.

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William H. Frist

Tennessee

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing concerns over an amendment related to education funding and accountability.

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