Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 3033) to require the President's annual budget request to Congress each year to include a line item for the Research in Disabilities Education program of the National Science Foundation and to require the National Science Foundation to conduct research on dyslexia, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 3033 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Research Excellence and Advancements for Dyslexia Act'' or the ``READ Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. The Congress finds the following: (1) As many as one out of six, or 8,500,000, American school children may have dyslexia. (2) Since 1975, dyslexia has been included in the list of qualifying learning disabilities under the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. SEC. 3. RESEARCH IN DISABILITIES EDUCATION. (a) Program.--Nothing in this Act alters the National Science Foundation's Research in Disabilities Education program for fundamental and implementation research about learners (of all ages) with disabilities, including dyslexia, in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).…”