[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 29 (Wednesday, March 6, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H1723]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  CUTTING STUDENT LOANS AND EDUCATION FUNDING PROGRAMS DOES NOT MAKE 
                                 SENSE

  (Mr. BROWN of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BROWN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, earlier this week I spoke in 
Wadsworth, OH, at the Wadsworth public library, to a group of young 
people and their parents who are looking in the next couple of years to 
attend college. It was mostly made up of sophomores and juniors in 
Wadsworth High School and Highland High School and other high schools 
in Medina County.
  Mr. Speaker, before I spoke to this seminar, a young person and her 
father came up to me and said, ``How come Republicans, how come Newt 
Gingrich wants to cut student loans? It simply does not make sense.'' 
The Gingrich budget wants to cut student loans $4 billion, wants to 
make other cuts in the safe and drug free school program, Head Start, 
title I, Goals 2000, other education funding programs, another $3 
billion. It simply does not make sense.
  If we are ever going to be as globally competitive as we need to be 
in this country, we do not cut education. We do not cut student loans 
to middle-class families. We do not cut programs that help combat drug 
abuse in the schools. We do not cut title I. We do not cut school-to-
work programs. Mr. Speaker, it simply does not make sense.

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