[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 127 (Wednesday, August 2, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H8181]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


   ONLY A GOOD EDUCATION BRINGS SUCCESS TO AMERICA'S POOREST CHILDREN

  (Mr. de la GARZA asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. de la GARZA. Mr. Speaker, I come from a very low-income area of 
this country, but it has an obsession with education. We have seen the 
education of our children, the migrant children, the children of the 
poor. It could not have been done without the assistance of the Federal 
Government.
  When I came here 30 years ago, the issue was should the Federal 
Government be involved or not in education. The answer was yes, and I 
can show Members the difference. There are now doctors, lawyers, 
engineers, with Spanish surnames that would have never been, relying 
solely on the income from the local school districts or from the State.
  I did not come here to dismantle the educational system of the United 
States, I came to enhance it. We have enhanced it. I am concerned now 
that there is a move to dismantle it. It should not be done. We keep 
hearing about not putting a burden on our children and our 
grandchildren. The best thing we can do for our children and 
grandchildren is to give them an education. If we dismantle the Federal 
part, we would have done wrong to future generations.


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