[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 40 (Wednesday, April 1, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H1857]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        DOLLARS TO THE CLASSROOM

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, can we talk about education in this country 
without talking about the most important recipients of education, our 
kids? Someone should explain to us how Federal studies like 
``Channeling Your Donna Reed Syndrome'' or ``Cement, the Concrete 
Experience'', even studies on researchers researching their research 
techniques have anything to do with kids learning their ABCs or basic 
skills. This is exactly the kind of waste that is produced in the 
bloated bureaucracy here in Washington, D.C.
  Mr. Speaker, instead of sending our Federal tax dollars to parents, 
teachers and local educators, the dollars get lost in the abyss of the 
bureaucracy and on Federal studies. The Committee on Education and the 
Workforce estimates that, on the average, only 65 cents of every 
Federal education dollar gets into the classroom.
  We now have the opportunity to send our Federal education tax dollars 
directly to the classrooms of the Nation. The Dollars to the Classroom 
Act ensures that 95 cents of every Federal education dollar goes 
directly to the classroom, to the hands of someone who knows your 
child's name. Mr. Speaker, this means microscopes, computers, books and 
not bureaucrats. Let us send the dollars to the classroom.

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