[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 116 (Tuesday, July 18, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H7080-H7081]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               HEAD START

  (Mr. ROEMER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

[[Page H 7081]]

  Mr. ROEMER. Mr. Speaker, children do not have lobbyists in this 
country. Children do not have political action committees, and children 
cannot vote.
  And it is no wonder, Mr. Speaker, that children are getting the shaft 
by the Republican cuts in the Head Start Program. Here is a Head Start 
Program that President Reagan and President Bush wanted to increase 
funding in. They did not want to cut children out of this program. This 
goes too far and it is too extreme. This threatens to put children out 
on the streets.
  The Speaker has an earning by learning program, paying children to 
learn by reading a book. You cannot pay them to read a book if you 
cannot teach them how to read.
  Please support restoring the $137 million cuts to our precious Head 
Start Programs.

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