[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 102 (Thursday, July 11, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H7268]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                EDUCATION: THE KEY TO THE AMERICAN DREAM

  (Mr. WYNN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WYNN. Mr. Speaker, unfortunately today I think my Republican 
colleagues just do not get it. The fact is that education is the key to 
the American dream and the key to global competitiveness, but American 
students are falling behind their foreign counterparts. Enrollment is 
increasing by 7 percent over the next 6 years, but the Republicans are 
cutting the budget by 7 percent below 1995 levels. That will not enable 
us to meet the American Dream.
  Let us look at the cuts. They are cutting math and reading assistance 
for 150,000 disadvantaged students. They are cutting local education 
assistance by $350 million under the Goals 2000 Program. They cut 
15,000 disadvantaged students out of the Head Start Program.
  They claim they want to fight drugs, but they cut $25 million out of 
the Safe and Drug Free Schools Program. They say they want 
technological advances, but they cut $277 million out of technology 
programs for schools. They say they want advanced higher education, but 
they cut direct student loans.
  Let us give education the priority it deserves.

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