[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 85 (Thursday, June 25, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H5301]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              ON EDUCATION

  (Mr. ROGAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROGAN. Madam Speaker, last week Congress passed legislation 
making it easier for parents to save for their children's education. 
With this in mind, I would like to pose a few questions to the 
defenders of the education status quo.
  Given that most of you have done this for your own children's 
education, why is it so bad for other parents to do so? Why is giving 
one's children more educational opportunities a bad thing? If parental 
choice on education really harms public schools, then does that mean 
that parents who desire to send their children to private or religious 
schools should be condemned because they are harming public schools?
  What about all of those Members of Congress and public school 
teachers who send their children to private schools?
  Lastly, what do you say to those parents in poor areas with 
dangerous, dysfunctional schools for their children? Too bad? Tough 
luck?
  America demands and deserves answers to these critical questions.

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