[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 116 (Friday, September 5, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H6922-H6923]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          SUPPORT SCHOOL CHOICE AND EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNTS

  (Mr. JONES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. JONES. Mr. Speaker, children in America are not getting the 
education they deserve. In my opinion, and in the opinion of many 
Americans throughout this country, the situation has only gotten worse 
since the creation of the Federal Department of Education.
  Washington bureaucrats are a major part of the education problem. 
Washington keeps spending money on the schools, but the money spent, 
based on results, is not improving education. Taxpayer money is being 
wasted.
  The best way to support education in America is to give control to 
parents, not to Federal bureaucrats. With solutions like school choice 
and education savings accounts, parents will play a more active role in 
their children's education. The system, in turn, will be better.

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  I trust parents in eastern North Carolina to make decisions for their 
children more than I trust bureaucrats in Washington, DC. When it comes 
to America's public schools, control should be in the hands of parents.
  Mr. Speaker, for the sake of the children, I hope my colleagues will 
support school choice and education savings accounts.

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