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March 1, 2021 CO-SPONSORSHIP SPEECH OF SENATOR FRANCIS "KIKO" PANGILINAN PSR 668 - On the Immediate Launch of Pilot Testing of Localized Limited Face-to-face Classes in 1,065 Public Schools Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Majority Leader. Good afternoon, distinguished colleagues. First, we would like to commend our colleague, Senator Win Gatchalian, for the prompt action on the glaring findings reported to us in the Senate Hearing of the Committee on Basic Education, Arts, and Culture conducted in the last few weeks, and again on his Privilege Speech "The Perennial Crisis of the Educatio...

>> she made that emotional speech before her colleagues in the texas house and she joins me now from austin. good morning. thanks for being with us. >> good morning. >> you took to the floor to give what's known as a personal privilege speech. that's something that happens after a bill, in this case, had already passed. what compelled you to do that? >> well, we knew from the beginning given the makeup of the texas house and 101 republicans and 49 democrats that there's nothing we could have done to stop the passage. i thought it was important to share my story. to share the personal impact th...