[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 17 (Tuesday, February 11, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H412]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION

  (Mr. McINTYRE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McINTYRE. Mr. Speaker, 1 week ago tonight the President 
underscored the importance of education. Education must be paramount 
and we must do whatever we can to help our children which is the wisest 
investment that we can make for tomorrow.
  This investment has three callings for us: concern, commitment, and 
character. First, we should show our concern by contacting our local 
schools now and finding out how we can best help our teachers. Second, 
we should be committed. For the last 16 years I have gone into the 
classroom to volunteer and to work with our kids. Are we as business 
leaders willing to take the time to go and be role models for our 
children?
  And third, we should be building character. Next week in our district 
we will have an electronic classroom that will go throughout the whole 
district to address children and to help bring them together with 
technology to talk about respect and responsibility, important 
ingredients for the citizens of tomorrow.
  These are the three callings that we must answer. We must be ready 
with concern, commitment, and character and do what we can do now to 
help education on the local level.

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