[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 35 (Thursday, March 14, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H2227-H2228]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       GOP EDUCATION CUTS FORCE SCHOOLS TO MAKE TERRIBLE CHOICES

  (Mrs. SCHROEDER asked and was given permission to address the House

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for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. SCHROEDER. Mr. Speaker, it is springtime in America's 
schoolhouse but pink azaleas are not going to be sprouting. Instead, 
pink slips are going to be sprouting for America's teachers.
  When you see what the House Republicans are doing, every school 
district is going to be forced with the following decisions, either 
fewer teachers and larger classes and cancelled drug education programs 
and cancelled remedial education programs, or raise local taxes. Those 
are terrible choices.
  Why in the world are the House Republicans insisting upon sacrificing 
our children's future upon the altar of deficit reduction? That is 
exactly what they are doing. They have an altar of deficit reduction 
and they are saying we are just going to have to sacrifice the 
children's future, because there is no one who says larger classes, 
fewer teachers, drop drug education, and drop remedial education is the 
progressive way to go.
  Let us stand up. We now know who is for America's kids and who is 
just kidding. Fight back.

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