[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 90 (Wednesday, June 23, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H4743]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                         FREEDOM FOR EDUCATION

  (Mr. FOSSELLA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FOSSELLA. Mr. Speaker, the essence of America, as we all know, is 
freedom, but somehow, that does not apply to education. Because the 
door slams shut on so many parents across this country when they want 
to have the freedom to choose the best education possible for their 
children.
  Too often, too many Federal dollars are wasted here in Washington and 
not enough spent back home in Staten Island and across this country 
where the parents and the teachers, the local communities know better 
how to spend their funds.
  Well, the Republican Party recently is embarking on a path towards 
freedom when it comes to education, and that is to allow States the 
opportunity and local communities to spend the money as they see fit. 
Can anyone in this country acknowledge that the folks here in 
Washington are in a better position to spend the money on education 
than back home where they are? Where the parents and teachers and 
administrators are? I think not.
  Mr. Speaker, let us support freedom for education. Let us support the 
opportunity to send Federal money back home across America, and not be 
wasted here in Washington.

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