[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 39 (Wednesday, March 20, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H2471]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 INVESTMENT IN OUR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, all across America on 
blackboards in all of our public schools and private schools, of 
course, we see something being written on the board and the word comes 
out ``investment.'' If I might, I-N-V-E-S-T-M-E-N-T, investment. And a 
little hand is writing it. That is what the President's budget is 
promoting, investment in our children.
  As I listened this morning as we pledged allegiance to the flag of 
the United States of America, there were some long and strong young 
voices in the echo, proud Americans. Yet we have a Congress that 
refuses to acknowledge the word ``investment'' on the blackboards of 
America. The budget by the President gives us $1 billion for title 1, 
for basic and advanced skills assistance, investment in our children; 
for those middle-class parents who are struggling to educate their 
college-aged children, with Pell grants. Whoever said the GI bill was 
not worth something when our young men came back from World War II and 
they were able to secure a college education--investment.
  Mr. Speaker, we talk about the superhighway. We cannot get our young 
people into the superhighway and understanding the high technology 
without teaching the children and the teachers. Business tells us 
that--investment. Support the President's budget, but more importantly, 
tell the Republicans that we believe in investing in education for our 
children.

                          ____________________