[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 145 (Tuesday, October 13, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H10671]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           VOTE FOR EDUCATION

  (Mr. WYNN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WYNN. Mr. Speaker, the battle lines have been drawn in the war 
for education. On the Democratic side we have a simple proposition. We 
need more teachers to create smaller classrooms. We need school 
modernization so that we can have computers in the classroom, Internet 
access, and have the most modern teaching facilities that money can 
buy.
  We can do this within the context of a balanced budget. That is what 
the Democrats want to do: More teachers, modern classrooms.
  Now, the Republicans have another notion. They want to give students 
vouchers to take money out of public schools and send it to private 
schools, even though nine out of ten Americans go to public schools.
  Second, they say, well, there is too much administrative waste, so we 
have to block grant all of this. The fact is, only 2 percent of all the 
Federal education funds are for administration. The rest go into 
programs. But when they block grant the money and say we are going to 
block grant and put it all together, what happens is we cut education 
funds. I did some research, and my State would lose $10 million. The 
battle lines are drawn. Vote for education.

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