[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 44 (Wednesday, March 27, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H2877]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               WHO IS FOR KIDS, AND WHO IS JUST KIDDING?

  (Mrs. SCHROEDER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. SCHROEDER. Madam Speaker, the question of who is for kids and 
who is just kidding sounds very playful, but this is not a playful 
question to ponder. This is really about the survival of this great 
Republic which we are so proud of, because we need to know which 
Members of this body are not for kids. If they are not for kids, they 
are going right at this Nation's future.
  I went to public school, my husband went to public school, both of 
our children went to public school, my mother taught in public school. 
Public schools have been the foundation of the future of this Nation. I 
am appalled that the Republicans in this body have put the biggest cuts 
in education we have ever seen at a time when we all agree that our 
schools need more help, not less.
  If Members think that our math scores are high enough so we can pull 
back our funding to help math, if they think our basic reading skills 
are good enough so we can pull back on math, if Members think our 
classes are too small and we ought to make them bigger, and if they 
think it is a good idea to surrender on the drug war in the schools and 
not make them safe, then Members will love their side of the aisle. I 
do not. I think it is time we all wake up and fight back.

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