[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 46 (Friday, March 29, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H3175]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  IT IS TIME SOME REPUBLICANS IN THIS BODY GOT RELIGION AND SUPPORTED 
                               EDUCATION

  (Mr. JACKSON of Illinois asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. JACKSON of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I represent the Second 
Congressional District of Illinois, where education is considered 
sacred. This Nation should have no higher priority than to educate its 
populace. Senator Dole and a majority of the Republicans in the Senate 
voted 84 to 16 on Tuesday to restore funding for key education and job 
training programs. Now that Senator Dole is candidate Dole, he has 
religion. Yet, in this body, there is still a majority in the majority 
who are determined to cut funding for basic education and math skills, 
cut funding for safe and drug-free schools, cut funding for vocational 
education, and that is wrong.
  Mr. Speaker, education helps preserve family values. Education is the 
cornerstone of our democracy. It is good for business. It is good for 
meaningful, well-paying, and socially useful jobs. Education aids 
economic growth and keeps us competitive in the global marketplace, 
adds quality to a person's life, and enhances one's self-image. A mind, 
Mr. Speaker, is a terrible thing to waste. It is time some Republicans 
in this body got religion and supported the full funding of education.

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