On the recordFebruary 18, 2011
I know it's late and people are tired, but it's not too late to right a wrong--the wrong that was done was against the schoolchildren of Texas to the tune of $830 million. The Congress is asking the Governor of Texas to do something that he is constitutionally unable to do. What is happening to our schools is the same as in many States, but Texas has this extra burden of scrambling to find ways to afford to keep those classrooms open and the teachers there. What we are asking you to do is to release Texas from this burden that only Texas has which was put on Texas by this Congress, I think unintentionally by most of the people in this Congress. So I would say tonight this is an issue that deals with Texas but that it affects every schoolchild and every teacher in our State. Ms. DeLAURO. I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).
