Hon. Thomas M. Davis: “The inference of what we are saying is while we are fixing the public…”

On the recordOctober 9, 1997

The inference of what we are saying is while we are fixing the public schools, while we are putting more resources into public schools with this bill, that some of these kids that are there now and will be there next year, they will only be in third grade once. You do not take that year away from them. Let us give them the same kinds of opportunities that our children have. Not one Member of Congress, not the President, not the Vice President, sends their kids to the District of Columbia public schools. What it means is we would like to give some of these parents, the poorest of the poor, some of the opportunities that the rest of us have while we are trying to fix the system and make it work better.

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Hon. Thomas M. Davis

Virginia

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Discussing educational opportunities for children in public schools during a debate on education reform.

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