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




                           STATE OF THE UNION

  (Mrs. McCARTHY of New York asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.
  Mrs. McCARTHY of New York. Mr. Speaker, it was an honor to sit in 
this Chamber last night and take part in the State of the Union Address 
by the President. I was extremely pleased that President Clinton 
focused so much of his speech on education.
  As I watched the response of all my colleagues, both Democrats and 
Republicans, to the President's educational proposals, I realize that 
we have a lot of common ground to work in. Making education 
opportunities more available to working families is a goal that is both 
bipartisan and crucial to the future success of our country. We must 
improve our educational systems for the children, college students, and 
adults who need to go back to school to learn new skills.
  We are about to begin the 105th congressional session and this 
session must be about taking care of the needs of working families, and 
the only way we can take care of working families is by working in a 
bipartisan manner.

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  The American people expect no less and certainly deserve no less.

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