[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 116 (Friday, September 5, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H6922]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         WHOLE MEMORY LEARNING

  (Mr. CHABOT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Speaker, just when I thought it could not get any 
worse, I now know that liberalism is possibly incapable of hitting rock 
bottom. First, they give us whole language learning, which means that 
you never actually have to spell anything correctly, any guess will do, 
just make sure that you feel good about yourself when you do. Then just 
to push the envelope a little further, they give us whole math 
learning. You can imagine what that is. Just do not ask anyone who is 
educated in this manner, and I use the term loosely, to build a bridge 
for you or do your taxes for you. But now we have got the most 
incredible thing of all, I like to call it whole memory learning. Made 
fundraising calls from the White House, did not make the phone calls, 
DNC credit card, not really fundraisers, soft money, hard money, 
whatever. I think we ought to call it whole memory.

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