[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 129 (Wednesday, September 24, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H7735]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             TAX PACKAGE REINFORCES COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION

  (Mr. NEUMANN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. NEUMANN. Mr. Speaker, back when I was growing up, my daddy taught 
me how to read a map; and the first thing he taught me is I had to know 
where I was before I could decide how I was going to get to where I was 
going to.
  When we talk about campaign finance reform, I think the first thing 
we ought to do is make sure that the laws that are currently on the 
books are being enforced and understood by the people. So before we can 
figure out what needs to be changed, somebody ought to make sure that 
the laws that are already on the books are being enforced.
  And in fact, that is what is going on right now. But the other side 
does not care to talk about that, because, of course, there have been 
some violations down the street on Pennsylvania Avenue as it comes to 
that.
  So I think, just like my daddy taught me when I was growing up, we 
need to know where we are at first so that we should spend enough time 
making sure that those laws are being enforced.
  I really rose this morning to reinforce how important education is to 
our side of the aisle and how it is reflected in the tax cut package. 
As a former math teacher and a father of three, two in college, and one 
in high school, I would just like to point out how the tax cut package 
reinforces our commitment to education. From the $500 per child 
education savings account opportunity for parents who want to save for 
their children growing up, they can put $500 a year per child into a 
savings account. That money accumulates tax free for their children 
when they need the education.

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