[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 11 (Thursday, February 12, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H452]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           DEMOCRATS' AGENDA

  (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, as we speak, Democrats in the House and 
Senate are joining the President and the Vice President to talk about 
our agenda for America. That American agenda includes education, 
reducing class size, hiring 100,000 new teachers, health care, making 
sure that people in America can choose their doctor, can receive the 
quality care that they deserve; also securing Social Security, making 
sure that it is secure into the new millennium, making sure that we 
modernize it and to expand it so that 55- and 56-year-olds who have 
been excluded from their jobs, who have been laid off, can buy into a 
medical program for themselves and their families.
  Mr. Speaker, we stand ready to serve the American citizenry. We are 
happy today that the Senate and House Democrats are joining the 
President and Vice President in announcing to America that we will work 
for them, but we will work in securing and making quality education for 
all our children.
  Mr. Speaker, this is a great day for the American citizenry.

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