[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 80 (Thursday, June 18, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H4723]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNTS

  (Mr. DeLAY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DeLAY. Mr. Speaker, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled last week 
that taxpayer-financed vouchers payable to parochial schools are 
constitutional, and today we will pass legislation that will allow 
parents to set up tax-free education savings accounts that they can use 
to send their children to the school of their choice.
  The top priority of parents has always been to get the best education 
for their children. Now our Nation is moving in the right direction 
when it gives parents more choices and when it makes the schools more 
accountable, and many of our public schools are the best in the world 
but others need to be improved so that our children can get the kind of 
education that will help them realize the American dream.
  As the debate progresses, let us remember that the reason we have 
schools is to educate our children. It is not to support labor unions 
or to give bureaucrats more money. So let us support education savings 
accounts so parents can help their children get the best education 
possible.

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