[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 28, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H1402]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          EDUCATION IS THE KEY TO REBUILDING THE MIDDLE CLASS

  (Mr. BROWN of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BROWN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, it is clear that the Gingrich 
revolution is over. As Members of Congress returned finally for work 
this week, all of us have been hearing from voters in our district, 
Republicans and Democrats alike, that the voters are rejecting the 
extremism of the Gingrich revolution, rejecting Medicare cuts in order 
to pay for tax breaks for the rich, rejecting reducing safeguards on 
Medicaid, in nursing homes, nursing home standards, again for tax 
breaks for the rich, cutting student loans in order to pay for tax 
breaks for people in this country that do not need it.
  Republican policies, Gingrich policies, over the last 12 months would 
cut 2\1/2\ million students off direct student loans, would deny Pell 
grants to 380,000 students, would deny 50,000 young people the 
opportunity to serve their community while earning money for college, 
would deny 180,000 children access to Head Start, again all in order to 
pay for a tax break for the wealthiest people in the country.
  All evidence says that good education is the key to rebuilding the 
middle class, putting people to work, giving people good wages, so they 
can raise their families the way Americans always have.

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