[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 124 (Thursday, September 17, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H7929]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  EDUCATION--DOLLARS TO THE CLASSROOM

  (Mr. GUTKNECHT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GUTKNECHT. Mr. Speaker, we must do everything we can to give 
America's children the education they will need to succeed. I am proud 
of what we have done so far, passing tax cuts for families with kids 
and making it easier for them to afford higher education. But there is 
much more to do, especially for younger children.
  State and local taxes pay most of the cost of education. They always 
have. But while the Federal Government provides only about 7 percent of 
all the funding for local schools, it creates over half of their 
paperwork.
  Mr. Speaker, that is why I have cosponsored legislation to guarantee 
that at least 95 percent of Federal education funds get to the 
classroom instead of being consumed by the bureaucracy. We cannot allow 
Federal paperwork to continue to siphon off valuable time, energy and 
resources away from the classroom. Our children are too important.

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