[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 102 (Thursday, July 11, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H7266]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   EDUCATION SHOULD BE PLACED AT TOP OF NATION'S PRIORITY BUDGET LIST

  (Mr. PALLONE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, in the spending bill that is coming to the 
floor this morning, the Republicans are once again proposing harmful 
education cuts, and, fortunately, the President has once again promised 
to veto any bill the Republicans send him that does not include 
reasonable levels of education funding.
  Mr. Speaker, I believe that education should be placed at the top of 
our Nation's budget priorities. We should be heading in a direction 
completely opposite from where the Republicans are going, especially at 
a time when enrollment in our Nation's schools is rapidly expanding.
  A failure to increase funding for education is a failure to invest in 
our children's future. I urge my colleagues on the other side of the 
aisle: Give up this quest to gut our education system. The Republicans 
tried it last year, they are trying it again this year, and it should 
not be done. Education needs to be a priority when we deal with this 
budget.

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