[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 124 (Wednesday, September 17, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H7371]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   IMPORTANT DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION INITIATIVES ARE BEING THREATENED

  (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, the last Congress my colleagues on the 
other side of the aisle tried to close down the Department of 
Education. The American people said no. Democrats in this House said 
no.
  But having failed to shut down the department in one fell swoop, my 
Republican colleagues are now trying to shut down the Department of 
Education office by office. Today, we will vote on an amendment that 
would take billions of dollars away from the Department of Education.
  Let me tell my colleagues what this amendment would eliminate, 
initiatives that have proven to work: Safe and drug-free schools. The 
school-to-work program. Educational technology challenge grants. Goals 
2000. These are programs that are working in our schools today. Instead 
of targeting funds to where they are needed most, this amendment would 
spread them around to schools whether they are needed or not.
  Democrats in this House are standing up for America's children, 
fighting the Republican assault on this Nation's commitment to 
education. Reject the Hoekstra amendment.

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