[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 102 (Thursday, July 11, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H7267]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  MAJORITY NEEDS TO GET ITS MATH RIGHT

  (Ms. WOOLSEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, when it comes to investing in our 
children's education, the new majority must need a refresher course in 
basis math because their numbers just do not add up. While school 
enrollment is expected to grow by 7 percent by 2002, the new majority 
is proposing a cut in education by 7 percent below 1995 levels.
  This means that our schools, as they get more crowded, our teachers 
will be taking on more and our students will be receiving less; less 
help in fighting drugs and violence, less help in raising learning 
standards; and less help in basic reading and math.
  Mr. Speaker, this is not the way to take care of our children. It is 
time for the new majority to get its math right. It is time for a 
budget that gives our children the tools they need to succeed in the 
next century.

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