[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 94 (Wednesday, July 15, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H5503-H5504]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                SIGN EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNT INTO LAW

  (Mr. ROGAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROGAN. Mr. Speaker, the Republican-led House voted overwhelmingly 
for Education Savings Accounts to give every American family the power 
to improve the educational choices for their children. Not every family 
today can afford a home computer or the SAT prep course, but through 
IRA-style Education Savings Accounts, Republicans hope to make these 
education expenses more available to children.
  Who is in a better position to use this money to help improve our 
Nation's

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education needs, Washington bureaucrats or American families? That is 
the decision that must be made.
  Mr. Speaker, the best way to help improve education is to give each 
family more of their own money so they can choose what and how to help 
their children. For this to happen, President Clinton must free our 
children from the education bondage of special interests and sign the 
Education Savings Account conference report into law.

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