[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 13 (Wednesday, February 5, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H290-H291]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       ON THE STATE OF THE UNION

  (Mr. McINNIS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute. )

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  Mr. McINNIS. Mr. Speaker, last night after hearing the State of the 
Union I can tell you I am excited to see that the President is willing 
and ready to step forward for a nonpartisan commitment to education. 
Clearly in our country the No. 1 priority for the years ahead and for 
the generations that rest ahead of us is education. I think that the 
President was sincere in that.
  I did sense some of what I would perceive as lack of sincerity in 
regards to campaign reform. I think if the President is serious about 
campaign reform the first thing he needs to do is take the Mr. Coffee 
machine out of the White House and the cash register out of the White 
House and observe the rules that we have for campaign fund-raising in 
this country. I think we have to be very careful before we step into 
that.
  But I do want to commend the President. I look forward to working 
with the White House and the administration in furthering the education 
needs of this country. That really is where we need to focus our 
resources.

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