[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 145 (Tuesday, October 13, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H10674]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           SUPPORT EDUCATION

  (Mr. BALDACCI asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BALDACCI. Mr. Speaker, in reference to the gentleman that just 
spoke in regards to the classrooms, I know, in our State, we did an 
analysis, and almost $200 million is going to be needed to increase the 
safety because of lead in the drinking water in school, because of the 
asbestos around the pipes, to increase the safety in environment for 
our children.
  Because as we try to decrease the class size so that they can learn 
more, they can be more disciplined there, they have to have the 
environment so that they are not gaining any other outside hazards.
  In the relationship to the young man who died from the hate crime in 
Wyoming, I think it points back to the fact that, by increasing 
discipline, by reducing class size, we are going to increase the 
likelihood where children will be raised differently, and they will not 
have these problems stemming from lack of supervision.
  So by reducing the class size, we are reducing the violence. By 
reducing the class size, we are increasing the education children get 
and raising their aspirations so that, in my state, the fourth and 
eighth graders who are doing tops in the country can have the 
aspirations to go on to college and to reach the American dream.
  That is why we support education, and that is why education is in 
support of programs.

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