[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 44 (Wednesday, March 27, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H2876]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     WHAT IS IN STORE FOR AMERICA?

  (Mr. ENGEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ENGEL. Madam Speaker, our Republican friends are at it again. 
Last year they spent the whole year trying to decimate Medicare and 
Medicaid and hurt our senior citizens, and, thankfully, at least for 
now, we were able to stop them.
  This year what do they have in store for America? The largest 
education cuts in the history of the United States. They would deny our 
schoolchildren the ability to compete in this global economy.
  Let us look at what the $3.3 billion in education cuts amount to. 
Sixty-five million schoolchildren will be affected, basic reading and 
math skills cut, safe and drug-free schools cut, vocational education 
cut, adult education cut, title I education cut, the summer youth and 
employment program eliminated.
  Not only do the Republicans not want to teach our children, they do 
not want to give them summer jobs. I guess they think they are better 
off hanging out on street corners than earning a few dollars to help 
with their families. This just shows once again the extreme, mean-
spirited Republican agenda of sticking it to middle-class families.

  Last year it was Medicare and Medicaid. Now it is education. What 
comes next?

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