[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 7 (Thursday, February 5, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H339]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      SCHOOL VOUCHERS ARE A DROP IN THE OCEAN OF EDUCATIONAL NEED

  (Mr. GREEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GREEN. Madam Speaker, America has a commitment to public 
education, an education which is a requirement for our country to be 
competitive in this world. Public education needs to be available to 
all Americans. It is not designed to educate just a few Americans. We 
want to educate everyone.
  We should not take scarce public education funds and use it to 
support private institutions that only educate a few. Vouchers are the 
solution of my Republican colleagues to help education, but it is but a 
drop in the ocean of need.
  Education opportunity, smaller class sizes, more qualified teachers 
are what America's youth need. Safer schools. We debate national tests 
today and vouchers. We are not seeing the forest for the trees.
  Let us deal with public education with more qualified teachers, safer 
schools, and make sure we educate everyone and not just a few.

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