[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 58 (Wednesday, May 7, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H2259]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE

  (Mr. ETHERIDGE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. ETHERIDGE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to urge my colleagues to 
support educational standards of excellence for every child in this 
Nation. I know setting House standards is the best way to achieve 
educational excellence. Our students are working hard, and their 
teachers and parents strive to give them the support that they need. We 
must give them the tools to make the most of their God-given ability.
  Last week we dedicated a memorial to this century's greatest 
President, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. It is fitting that we honor FDR 
as a leader who brought this country back from our worst economic 
calamity ever and brought us to the brink of greatness and our triumph 
over global tyranny.
  One of FDR's guiding principles is captured by his observation that 
we will all be better off when we all are better off.
  As the 105th Congress considers measures to strengthen education in 
this country, we must heed FDR's words and expand educational 
opportunities to all the children in America.

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