[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 127 (Wednesday, August 2, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H8182]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                             EDUCATION CUTS

  (Mr. MARTINEZ asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MARTINEZ. Mr. Speaker, not even Head Start is safe from cuts.
  Although it has enjoyed bipartisan support for years, but now the new 
majority is cutting $132 million from the program; 60,000 or more 
children will be denied services.
  As you may recall, in 1989, a bipartisan group of Governors, along 
with President Bush, outlined the national education goals.
  First and foremost was--``by the year 2000, all children will start 
school ready to learn.''
  Does the new majority leadership no longer believe that such a goal 
is laudable?
  We certainly have not achieved it.
  Cutting Head Start is one of many steps that will undermine 
educational achievement in this country.
  Members on the other side of the aisle continually espouse the need 
for parents to assume responsibility for their children--something many 
of us already knew was critical. Head Start, in addition to helping 
prepare children for schooling, encourages parents to become integrally 
involved in their children's educational achievement.
  Do the majority leaders really care about education and parental 
involvement, or do they only care about tax breaks for their wealthy 
contributors?


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