[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 28 (Tuesday, March 5, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H1669]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        MOST AMERICANS FAVOR RESTORATION OF FUNDS FOR EDUCATION

  (Mr. STUPAK asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. STUPAK. Mr. Speaker, the Republican majority is out of step with 
the bedrock concerns of the American public when it comes to education 
funding. A recent Gallup poll shows two-thirds of the Americans rank 
quality of education as their top priority over such issues as crime, 
health care, and the deficit. A January Wall Street poll shows 9 out of 
10 Americans favor increased spending in education. A January Post poll 
shows 8 of 10 Americans oppose cutting education.
  Despite these dramatic and overwhelming numbers, the current 
continuing resolution cuts $1.5 billion nationwide and $64 million in 
Michigan, my home State, for title I, vocational education, drug free 
schools and other programs. If we extend the continuing resolution to 
year's end, more than a million young people will be deprived of 
services in the title I program alone. Our budget process has been 
turned upside-down this year.
  Let us get back to common sense. Our real contract with the American 
people demands that we restore funding to education, protect our 
children, and invest in America's future.

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