[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 153 (Wednesday, November 5, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H9998]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             SUPPORT THE REPUBLICAN EDUCATION REFORM AGENDA

  (Mr. SHIMKUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SHIMKUS. Mr. Speaker, as a former teacher in Edwardsville, IL, I 
often use my 1-minutes to praise teachers and students who have touched 
so many lives in central and southern Illinois. My past in education 
also makes me very aware of the need for reforms in our local schools.
  That is why I rise today to urge parents, teachers, and students to 
embrace the bold education reform agenda that was proposed by my fellow 
Republicans. This education agenda includes six measures which provide 
every child in America with first-class learning opportunities in safe, 
secure schools where children can focus on learning and teachers can 
focus on teaching.
  Sending more money to Washington bureaucrats is a policy of the past, 
and we must begin to give control of our schools back to the States, 
local schools, teachers, and our parents, where it belongs.

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