[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 140 (Friday, September 30, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: September 30, 1994]
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                TODAY ENDS FEDERAL FUNDING FOR EDUCATION

  (Mr. RICHARDSON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, today we will either stand up for 
Federal funding for education or we will let special interest politics 
dictate once again. If those special interests prevail, Federal funding 
for education will expire on October 1.
  If Members think the gun lobby can get mad, wait until they face 
parents, school administrators, and kids.
  Mr. Speaker, the arguments against the bill are bogus. On school 
prayer we can vote for language that was endorsed and voted on by 
Senators Kassebaum and Helms.
  On sex education, there are strong restrictions including a 
prohibition on funds to purchase condoms, to distribute obscene 
materials, or to promote sex education unless the benefits of 
abstinence are also taught.
  How much further can we go? Once again, it looks like some want 
politics to permeate education.
  The conference report contains a broader prohibition on sex education 
than the original Helms amendment while retaining local control for 
implementing these decisions.
  I, therefore, urge my colleagues to support H.R. 6 on final passage

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