[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 126 (Tuesday, August 1, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H8072]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             EDUCATION CUTS

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the Speaker's announced policy of May 
12, 1995, the gentleman from California [Mr. Martinez] is recognized 
during morning business for 1\1/2\ minutes.
  Mr. MARTINEZ. Mr. Speaker, some would say that the new majority 
leadership has gone way beyond mean-spirited and is now in a cold-
blooded killing mode. Why? Because in marking up the Labor-HHS-
Education appropriation bill, they began what many of us believe is the 
killing of the American dream by slashing programs that help young 
people prepare for the future. They eliminate our investment in the 
future.
  They cut Head Start. They cut student loans. They cut bilingual 
education. They cut special education. They cut summer jobs for youth. 
They cut title I. They cut safe and drug-free schools. They cut 
education for homeless children and youth.
  And, as long as they were cutting, they cut taxes for the rich, and 
the rich get richer, and the poor get poorer. Eventually, I believe, 
only the children of the rich will be able to attend college, to 
compete
 in the classroom, to get a job at a decent wage.

  Mr. Speaker, that does not project the promise of a better tomorrow 
for anyone.
  I have a question. Is that the real agenda?

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