[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 59 (Thursday, May 8, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H2355]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           WHAT AMERICANS WANT CONGRESS TO DO ABOUT EDUCATION

  (Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland. Mr. Speaker, what do the American people 
want Congress to do about education?
  Let me quote from a letter from Mrs. Jan Horan of Westminster, MD. 
And I quote:

       Enough is enough, and the American people have had enough. 
     When is the Congress of this country going to realize that 
     the government is the problem and not the solution?
       For years, the Congress has continued to throw money at 
     what they perceive to be the `problem' . . . the government 
     at all levels is throwing money at education, and our 
     educational system continues to deteriorate.
       The government to the rescue . . . while creating all of 
     these safety nets . . . a tax burden for the middle class has 
     been created that is to the point of enslavement.
       I want my children and grandchildren to have a future free 
     of this tax burden, to be able to live in a country that does 
     not have a substandard public education system
       When are you, the elected officials, going to come out of 
     your glass bubble and see what you are doing to this Nation?
       Common sense is what it takes from the elected officials. 
     Let's try using it.

  Mrs. Horan, I could not agree more. I hope everyone in Congress is 
listening and will follow that advice.

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