[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 34 (Wednesday, March 13, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H2126]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  REPUBLICAN EDUCATION CUTS ARE WRONG

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the extreme agenda of House 
Republicans was repudiated by their own Republican colleagues in the 
Senate. The Senate voted 84 to 16 to pass a Democratic amendment that 
restored vital funding for education.
  They restored $2.7 billion in funding for education and job training 
programs cut by House Republicans. That means $814 million more in 
basic skills training in reading and math; $635 million restored for 
summer youth jobs; and $200 million added for safe and drug-free 
schools.
  Education is a priority for the American people. They understand that 
we live in an age when a good wage is tied to a good education.
  Let us not turn our backs on the schoolchildren of America by cutting 
education funding so vital for them to live a secure and prosperous 
life in the 21st century.
  Mr. Speaker, I hope my Republican colleagues in the House will hear 
the wake-up call from Senate Republicans, rather than blindly charging 
ahead with education cuts that are both wrong headed and hard hearted, 
and that will hurt working middle-class families of this country.

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