[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 49 (Tuesday, April 28, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H2346-H2347]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      DOLLARS TO THE CLASSROOM ACT

  (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, the Department of Education is currently 
spending Federal tax dollars funding the closed captioning of the Jerry 
Springer Show. Unbelievable. Since when does this talk show have 
anything to do with teaching our kids basic math, reading, writing, 
science, or history?
  Not only does the Jerry Springer show not improve American education, 
but over the past few months, it has done seven shows on premarital or 
adulterous relationships with titles such as ``I am Having Your Man's 
Baby''.
  They have produced another seven shows on the Ku Klux Klan, such as 
``I am a Breeder for the Klan'' and ``Christmas with the Klan''. They 
had eight shows on prostitution, such as ``I am a 13 Year Old 
Prostitute'' and ``My Wife wants to be a Call Girl''.

[[Page H2347]]

  If you believe that Federal education tax dollars should be made 
available to kids in classrooms instead of providing access to programs 
on prostitution, racism and polygamy, then I urge the Members to 
support the Dollars to the Classroom Act. This bill block grants 30 
Federal education programs requiring 95 cents of every dollar go to 
classroom use.

                          ____________________