[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 93 (Thursday, June 8, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H5700]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
THE PRESIDENT NEEDS TO SHOW LEADERSHIP
(Mr. SCARBOROUGH asked and was given permission to address the House
for 1 minute.)
Mr. SCARBOROUGH. Mr. Speaker, like another Member who came up earlier
today, I want to talk about the President's veto of the rescissions
bill.
The President, of course, does not think it is a good bill. I think
the bill has problems, too, but obviously not for the same reasons that
the President thinks. I do not think it goes far enough. I do not think
it shows enough courage.
If you want to talk about saving education programs and saving
education, you need to do it back in the States. We left some money in
for Goals 2000. I think Goals 2000 needs to be zeroed out. We need to
get to a point in this Congress where we believe that our parents and
our teachers and our communities are not so stupid that they do not
know how to educate their own children.
Let us educate children at home and let Washington bureaucrats worry
about what Washington bureaucrats worry about.
The President needs to come forward with some real spending cuts and
show some leadership, for a change. That is something he has not done
in these first 5 months of Congress, and it is something that he needs
to do or else we are not going to be able to balance our budget.
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