[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 27 (Wednesday, March 5, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H729]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          REPUBLICAN LACK OF A BUDGET PLAN WILL HURT EDUCATION

  (Mr. GREEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GREEN. Mr. Speaker, we are over 2 months into the 105th Congress, 
and yet the House has not taken any effort on a serious budget. We hear 
the complaints as a result of the President's plan on moving our 
country forward on education, and yet the Senate voted on a balanced 
budget amendment but we have not voted here in the House. We can hear 
the complaints about the President's budget, but where is the 
Republican plan; or where is our plan, as a House Member?
  The expression is, people in glass houses should not throw stones. 
This comes to mind in response to complaints about the President. I may 
not agree with his budget, but we do not have one either. Republicans 
cannot criticize the President's plan when they do not even have an 
alternative suggestion.
  The Democrats have set up some priorities in the new budget. One of 
them is education. That effort is shared by over 80 percent of 
Americans. The President's 10-point plan on education is adequate. His 
proposals would boost funding for elementary and secondary education, 
for school construction, and improved classroom techniques. His 
proposals would help boost post-secondary education with $1,500 HOPE 
scholarships for the first 2 years of college. We have illustrated what 
we want to do in the future for America. Let us get the budget to 
reflect those priorities, including education.

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