[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 116 (Friday, September 5, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H6924]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               DEMOCRATS FIGHTING FOR AMERICA'S CHILDREN

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to remind my colleagues what 
we can accomplish when we stand up and fight for what we believe in.
  In the last Congress, our Republican colleagues attempted to slash 
the school lunch program. They advocated the single biggest cuts in 
education in the history of the United States; they wanted to abolish 
the Department of Education. Democrats stood up, fought for these 
issues, fought for America's children and won.
  Now our colleagues on the other side of the aisle are attempting a 
new assault, fighting against Democratic initiatives to improve 
America's schools to set national standards for our schools.
  Democrats are fighting to rebuild our crumbling schools, to reduce 
overcrowding in our classrooms, and to establish those national 
standards in reading and mathematics. Let us make sure that students in 
Boston are held to the same high standards as students in Birmingham.
  A word of warning to our friends on the other side of the aisle: Once 
again, Democrats are going to stand up and make the fight for America's 
kids, and I predict that we will win.

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