[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 26, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H633]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        JUVENILE JUSTICE PACKAGE SHOULD INCLUDE EDUCATION REFORM

  (Ms. KILPATRICK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. KILPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, soon President Clinton will announce his 
juvenile justice package for the United States of America. I stand here 
today asking that that package include education reform.
  Education is the centerpiece of the President's commitment for this 
Congress. I am happy that he is allowing and going to increase the Pell 
grant; wanting to increase the Pell grant to 218,000 more young people. 
People who are educated function better in American society, more 
opportunities are available to them.
  Any education package, any juvenile justice reform must include 
educational opportunities, must include opportunities in co-op work 
experiences, must include a business education partnership where we 
might give tax credits to those businesses who hire young people. If we 
are going to have effective juvenile justice reform, we have to have 
education as the centerpiece of that. I pledge to work closely with the 
President to see that that happens.

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