[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 119 (Wednesday, September 10, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H7125]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           MORE ON EDUCATION

  (Mr. WEYGAND asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WEYGAND. Mr. Speaker, I want to address the House this morning 
for the purposes of talking about perhaps the most important issue I 
think in all of our districts. That is education.
  Like many of my colleagues, I have roundtables in my district. I talk 
to the consumers of education, students, and parents. One of the most 
important things is the emerging use of technology in our schools and 
by our students. Unfortunately, many of our schools, while they may 
have great computerized systems, they do not have teachers who are 
qualified to teach those systems. The use of technology is often better 
handled by our students than by our teachers.
  We need to provide the kind of professional training that is 
necessary for these teachers to better teach our children this 
technology. As you know, there is the HHS-Education bill before us. 
Over $75 million of that bill will go toward professional development, 
some of which will go just for emerging technology. We need to pass 
this bill today because, quite frankly, education is for all children, 
not children of the elite; it is not just for the wealthy. It is 
education for all children. The future of our children is in this 
technology. Please pass this bill today.

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