[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 20 (Thursday, February 4, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S1287]
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                   EDUCATION FLEXIBILITY ACT OF 1999

 Mr. JEFFORDS. Mr. President, on January 27th, the Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions approved S. 280, the Education 
Flexibility Partnership Act of 1999. Given the conflicts presented by 
meetings related to the impeachment trial, our Democratic colleagues 
were unable to attend the executive session.
  When this legislation was considered in the last Congress, it was 
adopted on a 17-1 vote with Senator Wellstone in opposition. Senator 
Wellstone remains opposed to this legislation, and provided the 
committee with a proxy so that he could be so recorded again this year. 
However, due to a misunderstanding and the absence of the Ranking 
Democratic Member, I did not exercise his proxy. I do want the record 
to indicate that Senator Wellstone remains opposed to this 
legislation.

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