[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 62 (Tuesday, May 7, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H4439]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         REPEAL OF THE GAS TAX

  (Mr. HOYER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, on behalf of students across America, I would 
like to award a dunce's cap to my colleague from Texas. Mr. Armey, the 
acting Speaker of the House, suggested we could pay for repeal of the 
gas tax with cuts in education. Where does he think the money will come 
from?
  We could cap college assistance--and take Pell grants away from more 
than 3 million college students. We could cap Head Start--take 
education, nutrition, and health care away from every one of the 
760,000 preschoolers who participate--and we still wouldn't get 
enough. We could cap funds to elementary schools--and take reading and 
math help away from 5.5 million students who are struggling to catch up 
with their peers.

  Mr. Armey, if you think the American people want to cut our 
children's education to save themselves 4.3 cents at the gas pump, you 
haven't done your homework.

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