[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 74 (Wednesday, June 10, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H4338]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  SUPPORT DOLLARS TO THE CLASSROOM ACT

  (Mr. SHIMKUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SHIMKUS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to urge Congress and the 
President to send more dollars to our classrooms instead of Washington 
bureaucrats. The Dollars to the Classroom Act is a Republican 
initiative which would require 95 percent of all Federal funding for K-
through-12 education programs to be sent to local schools. As a former 
teacher, I support this act.
  Unfortunately, the Clinton administration and its core of Washington 
bureaucrats believe that they know best how to educate our children. 
They believe that our children should submit to another national test 
and that they would benefit from another Federal mandate.
  However, the American people know better. The Dollars to the 
Classroom Act will send nearly all of our Federal tax dollars for 
education back to local schools. That means $10 billion will be taken 
from the grasp of bureaucrats and put into the hands of a teacher who 
actually knows your child's name.
  Support H.R. 3248, the Dollars to the Classroom Act.

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