[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 104 (Wednesday, July 29, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H6515]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             ONLY ONE PARTY SERIOUS ABOUT EDUCATION REFORM

  (Mr. EWING asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. EWING. Mr. Speaker, the truth is now known to the whole world. 
One party in this body is serious about education reform, and the other 
is not. On July 21 of this year, President Clinton vetoed Education 
Savings Account legislation that would have allowed parents to save 
more for their children's education.
  We have here a classic case of special interest politics. The big 
donor special interests win while the children trapped in dangerous 
schools lose. What can we say to these children who are in terrible 
schools who the only thing they demand is to have the opportunity to 
pursue the American dream?
  Many people are able to send their children to private school or live 
in areas with excellent schools. What are they going to say to these 
children who do not have the same chance? Maybe that is a question 
better directed to the administration and to others who failed to back 
real education reform.

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