[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6933]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          REDUCING CLASS SIZE

  (Mr. MEEK of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MEEK of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I come to the floor today to 
announce that last Friday a bipartisan coalition of 20 State senators, 
all 14 Democrats and 6 Republicans State senators, came together to 
protect the people of the State of Florida as it relates to smaller 
class sizes.
  The people of Florida in 2002 voted and approved class size limits in 
Florida to make sure that the State pays for smaller class sizes and 
not local districts. Floridians said three things: Public education is 
a high priority, classrooms packed with students are unacceptable, and 
that Floridians want tax dollars to provide a quality education for all 
of Florida's children. But some State officials tried to undercut that 
decision made by the voters for Florida's children.
  Today, I want to enter the names of those senators and those State 
representatives that put forth their vote to make sure that we protect 
those that are in public education now in the State of Florida and 
those that are yet unborn. They should be commended and their names 
placed into the Congressional Record for future generations.
       State Senators Nancy Argenziano, Dave Aronberg, Larcenia 
     Bullard, Walter Campbell, Jr., M. Mandy Dawson, Paula 
     Dockery, Rodolfo Garcia, Jr., Steven Geller, Anthony Hill, 
     Dennis Jones, Ron Klein, Alfred Lawson, Jr., Evelyn Lynn, 
     Gwen Margolis, Les Miller, Nan Rich, Gary Siplin, Rod Smith, 
     Alex Villalobos, and Frederica Wilson.
       State Representatives Bruce Atone, Loranne Ausley, Dorothy 
     Bendross-Mindingall, Kim Berfield, Mary Brandenburg, Phillip 
     Brutus, Susan Bucher, Edward Buller, Faye Culp, Joyce Cusack, 
     Terry L. Fields, Anne M. Gannon, Dan Gelber, Audrey Gibson, 
     Kenneth Gottlieb, Ron Greenstein, Bob Henriquez, Wilbert 
     Holloway, Ed Homan, and Arthenia Joyner.
       State Representatives Charles Justice, Will Kendrick, 
     Marcello Llorente, Richard Machek, Matthew Meadows, Frank 
     Peterman, Juan-Carlos Planas, Ari Porth, John Quinones, 
     Curtis Richardson, Julio Robiana, Yolly Roberson, Timothy 
     Ryan, Franklin Sands, John Seiler, Irving Slosberg, 
     Christopher Smith, Eleanor Sobel, Dwight Stansel, Priscilla 
     Taylor, and Shelley Vana.

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