[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 145 (Tuesday, October 13, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H10675]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             FUND EDUCATION

  (Mr. WATT of North Carolina asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WATT of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, my colleague who just spoke 
must be working in a different Congress than I am working in. There 
were three votes on Saturday, no votes on Sunday, two or three votes 
yesterday, and he says we are working.
  We ought to be here trying to do something about education, and, 
instead, the Republicans are trying to get out of town and go home.
  The education issue has been on the table all this year, ever since 
the President made his State of the Union address. They want to go 
home. They have not dealt with it.
  This is an issue that every single American understands. Every single 
American understands it. If we reduce the ratio of students to 
teachers, reduce that ratio, each single student gets more attention. 
Each single student gets more reading time. Each single student gets to 
relate to the teacher in a way that they can learn, and that is what 
this is all about. Let us fund education, and then we can go home.

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