[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 128 (Thursday, August 3, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H8314]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       DRAMATIC CUTS IN EDUCATION

  (Mr. BECERRA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BECERRA. Madam Speaker, here in today's newspaper, USA Today, 
``Nation rates average in school reform,''. Only ``average''. Yet today 
we will debate a bill that cuts education dramatically. It cuts the 
money that we provide schools to help kids who need help, doing math 
and reading, because they are behind.
  We are eliminating a program that actually helps us get schools 
reformed, eliminating the program that helps 44 million students. We 
are eliminating 27 percent of funding for vocational education.
  We are eliminating $137 million for Head Start Programs for our kids. 
We are cutting in half Healthy Start Program moneys. We are eliminating 
$286 million for safe and drug-free schools, to make sure our kids have 
a safe environment to go to.
  At the same time we are doing this--the Gingrich Republicans are 
axing education funding, not only are they doing that, but they are 
adamant about giving corporations and the wealthiest of Americans 
$20,000 in tax cuts and at the same time they are adding $8 billion to 
the defense budget, which the Department of Defense did not even 
request.
  Wrong-headed is the word.

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