[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 16 (Wednesday, February 23, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                        SAFE SCHOOLS ACT OF 1994

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                               speech of

                          HON. MAJOR R. OWENS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 22, 1994

  Mr. OWENS. Mr. Speaker, combating the violence in our streets and the 
violence in our schools is now the No. 1 priority of the American 
people.
  When the House takes up H.R. 6, the Improving America's Schools Act, 
later this week, we will have the opportunity to approve legislation 
which would provide every school district in the Nation with additional 
resources to prevent violence in and around their schools by the start 
of the next fiscal year.
  Unfortunately, there are schools in our country who cannot afford to 
wait that long. They need help today.
  H.R. 2455, which I introduced with Congressman Serrano, will provide 
the Department of Education with the means to respond immediately to 
this crisis, providing emergency assistance to those schools which now 
face severe violence problems and enabling the Department to develop 
model antiviolence programs which schools throughout America will be 
able to implement when the Improving America's Schools Act is signed 
into law.
  I urge my colleagues to support this legislation to jump-start 
Federal efforts to respond to the epidemic of violence which now 
threatens too many students and teachers throughout our Nation.

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