[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 41 (Friday, March 22, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H2671]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TITLE I EDUCATION FUNDING

  (Ms. McKINNEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. McKINNEY. Mr. Speaker, 10 days from now, the State of Georgia 
could begin laying off teachers due to Republican cuts to title I 
education funding. According to the Republicans, these cuts are 
necessary to balance the budget. Mr. Speaker, I have a hard time 
believing that. Especially when those same Republicans increased 
military spending by $7 billion for pork-barrel projects the Pentagon 
didn't ask for.
  Moreover, Mr. Speaker, today's budget impasse is a direct result of 
Republicans insisting on $177 billion in tax breaks skewed to the 
wealthy. It's no wonder Congress' approval raring is so low.
  I suppose, Mr. Speaker, the GOP plans to deal with declining 
geography test-scores by reducing school funding, so we can buy the 
bombs necessary to eliminate the countries our children can't find on a 
map anyway.
  I guess that's one way of boosting geography test scores.

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