[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 125 (Thursday, September 18, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H7534-H7535]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     DO NOT LOSE SIGHT OF EDUCATION

  (Mr. ROGAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROGAN. Mr. Speaker, as much as I appreciate my colleagues on the 
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side of the aisle putting so much energy into debate over an alleged 
slight against a Member, I prefer to expend my energies talking about 
things that are of national importance.
  One of the most important things Congress ought to be addressing is 
the issue of education, because we are denying our children throughout 
this country the opportunity to get a decent education in many schools 
that are substandard, and are in such sorry State that no Member of 
this House would ever dare to send their own children there.
  Every Member of this House will have an opportunity soon to cast a 
vote that will count for the future. There is a bill by the gentleman 
from Pennsylvania [Mr. Pitts] to ensure that 90 cents on every 
education dollar goes directly into the classroom. The time has come 
for us to say no more to teachers having to pay for pencils and paper 
and basic supplies out of their own pocket because we feed a 
bureaucracy stealing money from our children and classrooms. If we 
would spend more time focusing on that issue today, our time would be 
better spent.

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