[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 40 (Thursday, March 21, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H2562]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     ANOTHER CONTINUING RESOLUTION

  (Mr. PALLONE asked was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PALLONE. Madam Speaker, here they go again. Again the Republican 
leadership is going to bring up today another one of these stopgap 
funding measures, the continuing resolution. I think many people have 
forgotten that the Government was closed down on two occasions, at 
least two occasions, by the Republicans in this last year, and they are 
still moving forward with these temporary spending measures, last week 
and now again this week, for 1 more week. What it means is a great deal 
of uncertainty back in our districts, particularly when it comes to 
education.
  Many teachers are now getting pink slips and being told they are 
going to be laid off. The school boards do not know whether they are 
going to have funding for education because of the continual assault 
against education. They are proposing the largest cut in the history of 
this country in education, over $3 billion. It is not fair, because the 
American people have told us over and over again that education is a 
priority, that they want to prioritize in terms of funding here.
  Why should we be cutting back on education funding at the Federal 
Government and making the local school boards have to pay more in their 
taxes, in their local property taxes? It is not fair. We should put a 
stop to it.

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