[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 84 (Wednesday, June 24, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H5068]
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, President Clinton has been calling on 
Congress to start yet another Federal education program to hire 100,000 
new teachers. If the President wants to hire teachers, then he should 
be ready to support H.R. 3248, the Dollars to the Classroom Act.
  The Dollars to the Classroom Act sends 95 percent of the money for 31 
Federal education programs directly to local schools. With the 
flexibility given in the Dollars to the Classroom Act, principals will 
be able to hire more teachers for America's schools, which our kids 
deserve.
  Our Nation's parents deserve for their education tax dollars to 
actually reach their child's classroom. Let us stop talking about 
hiring teachers. Let us actually make it possible by passing the 
Dollars to the Classroom Act. It is time we put children first in 
education by directing our tax dollars to the classroom.

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