On the recordSeptember 26, 2003
First is the issue that has been discussed for the last 3 days and which we will be coming back to on Monday--the issue of education of young children in the District of Columbia. With the leadership of the Mayor and working closely with the person who day in and day out observes firsthand what happens in the District, the head of the school board, and local officials, a proposal has been put together, generated at the local level, that we are currently talking about and debating before the Senate. That is the issue of allowing young children in school who are trapped--for the most part, impoverished children--in failing schools and giving them the opportunity to expand, grow, learn, and become educated, and thus giving them a shot at what we all know as the American dream. ... That is how important this issue of choice is, empowering the parents to have some sort of say in their children's education.
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