[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 91 (Thursday, June 24, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7559-S7560]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         CHILDREN AND EDUCATION

  Mr. WELLSTONE. Mr. President, first of all, I thank Senator Kerrey 
for talking about children and education. It is truly a good news/bad 
news story. The good news is we have heroes and heroines right in our 
own communities that, with these resources, can really give children a 
chance to develop their full potential. If there is anything we should 
do as a Senate, it is to make sure each child has that chance. The bad 
news is, I say to my colleague, in Minnesota so many students could be 
helped, but we don't have the resources. There are schools in Minnesota 
with up to a 65-student population that don't receive a cent because by 
the time it is allocated in the cities, the schools aren't eligible, 
and those kids don't receive the help. It is just as big an issue in 
rural areas.
  Mr. KERREY. Mr. President, this is not a situation where we don't 
know what to do. This is a situation where there is an answer and we 
simply are not doing it.
  Mr. WELLSTONE. That is correct. This is really just harping on the 
complexity of it all is the ultimate simplification. We know what to 
do, and it

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has worked. We need to make more of a commitment.
  Mr. THOMAS addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Wyoming.

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