[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 99 (Wednesday, July 22, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H6074]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNTS

  (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, yesterday the President vetoed legislation 
allowing parents to create education savings accounts. These accounts 
would have given parents the ability to save for their children's 
education and use these savings for books, tutors or to choose which 
school educates their children. Why? Why did he do this? Because 
Washington insiders still think they know how to educate children, 
better than the parents of the child.
  You see, freedom of choice in education threatens the special 
interests who are allowed to deliver an inferior product year after 
year with absolutely no accountability. These education savings 
accounts the President vetoed would have benefited poor families and 
middle-class families; they would have benefited all families in this 
country. Anything that helps children in this fashion deserves to be 
the law of the land. I deeply regret both the President's action, as 
well as his priorities.

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