[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 120 (Thursday, September 11, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H7206]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                COMPARING PUBLIC EDUCATION TO COMMUNISM

  (Mr. GREEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GREEN. Mr. Speaker, here we go again. After the Civil War, we had 
radical Republicans trying to punish the South. Now we have latter day 
radical Republicans attacking public education, and yesterday we had a 
Republican colleague compare public education to a Communist legacy.
  Public education is a local responsibility; State and school 
districts, especially parents. To compare public education to communism 
does a disservice to the millions of students, teachers, and parents 
who work hard every day to educate their children.
  Mr. Speaker, 75 percent of Americans support public education. It is 
unconscionable to equate support for public education with communism. 
Communism and public education? Not in our United States.

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