[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 148 (Friday, October 16, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H11027]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           ANOTHER BILLION DOLLARS FOR THE STAR WARS FANTASY

  (Mr. DeFAZIO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, Congress would have adjourned one week ago 
after only 108 days work without an additional penny for public 
education, but the President held the Republican majority's feet to the 
fire, and so now, a week later, we have got $1.2 billion, new money for 
smaller class size; $871 million has been replaced for the Summer Jobs 
for Youth Program that they wanted to kill; $250 million for Youth 
Opportunities, and $160 million add-on to Head Start. This is a victory 
for Democratic priorities.
  But unfortunately this gargantuan 4000-page budget bill further 
reflects the difference in the budget priorities of the Republicans and 
the Democrats. The Republicans in this are going to add $9.1 billion to 
an already bloated Pentagon budget, another $1 billion into the Star 
Wars fantasy where we have already dumped 50 billion with no results. 
Not a penny, not a penny here on earth, to help rebuild or build new 
schools, but another billion dollars for the Star Wars fantasy. That is 
a sad commentary on their priorities.

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