[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 50 (Wednesday, April 29, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H2443]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            SCHOOL CHOICE IS ABOUT SAVING THE CHILDREN FIRST

  (Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland. Mr. Speaker, how can Congress and the 
President stand by and consign yet another generation of poor children 
to failed schools and limited futures in our nation's capital, 
Washington, D.C.? What do the American people want Congress to do about 
education? Let me quote from a letter from Mrs. Jan Horan of 
Westminster, Maryland, and I quote:

       Enough is enough, and the American people have had enough. 
     When is the Congress of this country going to realize that 
     the government is the problem and not the solution?
       For years, the Congress has continued to throw money at 
     what they perceive to be the problem. The government at all 
     levels has thrown money at education, and our educational 
     system continues to deteriorate.

  And I continue to quote:

       When are you, the elected officials, going do wake up and 
     come out of your glass bubble and see what you are doing to 
     this Nation?

  Mrs. Horan, I could not agree more, and I hope everyone in Congress 
will listen and support the District of Columbia Student Opportunity 
Scholarship Act. Instead of throwing money at the education bureaucracy 
as liberals want, it will assure that families at all income levels 
have the opportunity to secure a quality education for their children. 
School choice will give all of our children the chance for a better 
future that a good education can provide. We must save the children 
first.

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