[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 193 (Wednesday, December 6, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H14028]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 CLINTON BUDGET COSTS AMERICAN CHILDREN

  (Mr. CUNNINGHAM asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CUNNINGHAM. Mr. Speaker, I give credit to the liberal education 
system that our colleagues cannot add or subtract. There is no cut in 
Medicare, and they know that. Mr. Speaker, the Clinton budget costs 
American children $187,000, just on the interest of the national debt. 
By contrast, the Republican Congress is turning toward the best 
interest of our American children, balancing the budget and investing 
in their education.
  I have heard colleagues say we are cutting programs such as Goals 
2000. Absolutely. We zeroed out, and I would do it again, Goals 2000 on 
a Federal level. We are spending the money down at the State level, 
sending the money closest to the people, driving it down to the school 
districts. And they can do a Goals 2000 at the State level, but they do 
not have 38 instances in the bill of Goals 2000 that said the State 
will do this or the Federal intrusion. They can still do a Goals 2000 
and these other programs. Any additional savings goes to the children.

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