[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 78 (Tuesday, June 16, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H4577]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    REFORMERS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE SHOULD VOTE FOR COVERDELL 
                              LEGISLATION

  (Mr. ROGAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROGAN. Mr. Speaker, the Federal Government should support success 
and condemn failure. Yet, when it comes to education for our children, 
the government does exactly the opposite. The special interests in 
Washington defend the status quo even for failing schools, and then 
when it comes to initiatives from the States that do work, Washington 
bureaucrats condemn them.
  Our children are the ones who daily are being shortchanged. Congress 
has a chance to change all of that with a vote tomorrow on education 
IRAs. It gives parents more control over their children's education and 
it gives less control to special interests.
  This is not a tough choice. The education of our children is too 
important to let special interest politics get in the way.
  I urge reformers on both sides of the aisle to support the Coverdell 
legislation when it comes before this House tomorrow.

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