[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 34 (Wednesday, March 13, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H2127-H2128]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY

  (Mr. DOGGETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)

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  Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Speaker, the real language problem in this country 
is not the one we just heard about, but it is the fact that our 
Republican colleagues cannot understand in any language the call of the 
American people to deal with the real problems that affect their lives. 
Instead, we have a House Republican majority that has produced one 
failure after another in the last 14 months.
  As if that were not enough, they are proposing to chalk up yet again 
another failure this weekend as they head home in the face of a third 
Government shutdown. It is as if no matter what language you speak, 
they cannot hear the voice of the American people, because instead of 
solving these problems, they continue to bicker among themselves.
  The House Republicans cannot agree with the Senate Republicans 
concerning how many American young people they should deny an 
educational opportunity to. The Senate yesterday rejected the extreme 
House Republican cuts in education. They have got a great battle going 
on between the far right, the extremists who want to cut out any 
Federal commitment to education, and the not-so-right that say, ``Well, 
let's just cut a few children.''
  The American people, whatever the language is, want to support 
educational commitment and opportunity for our young people, and we 
ought to get about that job.

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