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




          GIVE THE MIDDLE CLASS A RAISE AND A DECENT EDUCATION

  (Ms. McKINNEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. McKINNEY. Mr. Speaker, in their infinite wisdom, House Republican 
leaders are once again pushing the Government of the United States to 
the brink of another Government shutdown.
  The reason this time is their insistence on cuts to education and the 
environment. These cuts are so egregious, however, that even the 
Republican Senate voted 84 to 16 in favor of a Democratic amendment 
restoring education and job training funds.
  Mr. Speaker, in this changing economy, the last thing we should be 
doing is cutting funds for programs that will help our children compete 
against highly educated workers in Germany and Japan.
  This Congress, Mr. Speaker, should be concentrating on how to give 
the American middle class a raise and a decent education, not a 
Republican-sponsored wedgy.

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