[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 140 (Friday, September 30, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: September 30, 1994]
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             SUPPORT PASSAGE OF CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 6

  (Mr. OWENS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. OWENS. Mr. Speaker, today we have an education survival bill on 
our agenda. Let us not play politics with the schoolchildren of 
America. Let us all unite to support the largest constituency of the 
Congress: Teachers, students, and parents who are waiting for the 
school aid provided by the Improving America's Schools Act.
  Mr. Speaker, one of the reasons for the unpopularity of Congress as 
an institution is the fact that we too often neglect this education 
constituency, our largest and our most worthy constituency.
  On Monday, 3 days from now, these funds will stop flowing to all of 
our schools if we do not pass this bill today. Every school district in 
this Nation will remain funded at the same level as last year. The 
needs are great all over America, in all of our schools.
  Let us not play politics; instead let us make a contract, let us all 
make a contract with the schoolchildren of America.
  Vote ``yes'' for the Improving America's Schools Act and let us do 
the job today.

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