[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 13 (Wednesday, February 5, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H292]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 FOCUS ON EDUCATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY

  (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, last night the President of the United States 
gave an excellent speech. He said the state of the Union is good, but 
it could be better. We have to defend America, but most importantly we 
have to build America. Our enemy, as he correctly pointed out, is 
inaction.
  He set forth a clear priority in terms of education, that our goal 
ought to be to assure that everyone in America has a good education. He 
talked a lot about the new millennium. We are talking about an 
information age, a high-technology age. In that age, we need to assure 
that American citizens have the best education.
  That means supporting the President's request for $5 billion in 
school construction funds so that we can build new schools and maintain 
the ones we have. It means supporting the President's request for tax 
credits and tax exemptions so that people can afford to send their 
children to college, to universities. We have the best in the world, we 
need to make sure our people can take advantage of it.
  Critics say, well, this is small government and small ideas. I say 
that there is no greater goal for the new millennium than to say every 
American can have a good education.

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