[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 118 (Thursday, July 20, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H7263]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           PROGRAMS DESPERATELY NEEDED BY CHILDREN BEING CUT

  (Mr. ROEMER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROEMER. Mr. Speaker, just this week Columbia University released 
a poll where they asked our Nation's children what is your biggest fear 
or concern in school today, in 1995?
  Well, what would you guess they answered? Was it an equation in an 
algebra test? That would have been my biggest worry. No. Was it a 
biology test? No. Was it drugs in school? Yes.
  By a 2-to-1 margin, our children are more worried about drugs in 
school than algebra, biology, or even guns in school. So what are we 
doing about that? What did the Republicans do with our Drug Free School 
Program, which has received bipartisan support through the years? They 
cut it by 60 percent; 23 million children are going to be cut off Drug 
Free School Programs.
  Now, unless you have got a lobbyist around here, sometimes it means 
that you do not fair very well. Let's cut the space station. Let's cut 
B-2 bombers. Let's not cut something our children desperately need.


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