[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 14230]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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                         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 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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