Pete Sessions: “I believe that, as the gentlewoman stated here, education is the key to knowledge, understanding, and expectations.”

I thank the distinguished gentleman and friend from Kansas for yielding. I also thank my colleague from the District of Columbia, representing the minority or the Democratic Party on the Subcommittee on Government Operations and the…

Mr. Chairman, thank you very much, and I want to thank our witness for being here and the conversation that she is having with the Committee.

That is why we respect the ability of local people to make local decisions and to come up with an answer.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…