[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 84 (Wednesday, June 24, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H5069]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              {time}  1015
                              ON EDUCATION

  (Mr. GUTKNECHT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GUTKNECHT. Mr. Speaker, a wise man once defined insanity as doing 
more of what you have been doing and expecting a different result.
  Our friends on the left are talking about giving more money to 
schools which have produced terrible results, confident in the belief 
that schools which have failed so miserably the last time Congress gave 
them more money will do a better job this time around. Republicans talk 
about improving school performance, for we believe that the focus 
should be on results, not just on inputs. Democrats talk about spending 
more money from the Federal Government, unconcerned that Washington 
bureaucrats will then have more control over our children's education.
  Republicans want exactly the opposite. We want parents and local 
authorities to have more power, and we want less meddling from 
Washington bureaucrats.
  Two different visions and, I submit, two fundamentally different 
approaches to the education of our children.

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