[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 27, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H21]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    INITIATIVES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

  (Ms. KILPATRICK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. KILPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, today we mark the first day of the 
second year of our 105th Congress.
  I stand here today to support the President and our Democratic Caucus 
and legislature as we continue our program of investing in American 
citizens, increasing and investing in education. I hope we will hear 
tonight that the President is soundly behind legislation and dollars 
that will make all American schools modern and bring them up to the 
21st century: Smaller class sizes, as well as investing in our inner 
cities, expanding community investment banks in the inner cities, 
expanding affordable housing, expanding and protecting the environment.
  We have been a strong caucus here in the Democratic Caucus in this 
105th Congress. I have pledged to work with my colleagues tirelessly to 
protect Social Security, to protect quality education, and to make 
certain that the children of America are educated and ready for the 
21st century.




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