[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 98 (Tuesday, July 21, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H5968]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             SCHOOL CHOICE

  (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, we Republicans find ourselves in a strange 
position. On the one hand, we benefit politically when the defenders of 
the status quo oppose choice in public schools. We benefit politically 
because school choice is something their own constituents favor. But on 
the other hand we Republicans despair at finding leftist opposition to 
school choice because many kids are denied the opportunity of attending 
a good school and thereby are forced into failing schools. And so we 
have this bizarre situation where left-wing opposition to school choice 
means that Republicans win politically but we win at a terrible social 
cost.

                              {time}  1015

  The remarkable thing about this bizarre situation is that the 
defenders of the bureaucracy accept this national disgrace, because it 
benefits their union monopolies. No wonder so many Americans are fed up 
with many posturing politicians and the special interests they protect. 
We need to give parents control over their kid's education, and that 
will only come from school choice. That is what we Republicans are 
fighting for.

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