[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 85 (Thursday, June 25, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H5300]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       CONGRESS SHOULD ADDRESS CLASS SIZE AND SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION

  (Mr. SNYDER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. SNYDER. Madam Speaker, America's school kids are now out of 
school and we join them, beginning today, back home for the 2-week July 
4th recess.
  When we return, we will not have many work days left this year. And 
yet, we have done nothing about the two most critical problems facing 
America's public schools: class sizes that are too large and school 
buildings of poor quality.
  Madam Speaker, I want Arkansas school boards to run their schools, 
but the American people expect their government in Washington to help 
with these critical needs. When we return in 2 weeks, I hope we will 
refocus our attention to America's public schools and help America put 
more teachers in the classrooms and create better quality classrooms to 
put them in. America's schoolchildren deserve the best schools that we 
can give them.

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