[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 143 (Wednesday, October 20, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H10375]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                        VOICES AGAINST VIOLENCE

  (Mrs. JONES of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. JONES of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, over the past 2 days, students and 
their chaperons from all over the country have come here to be voices 
against violence. This poster board has postcards from chaperons across 
the country. I read one:

       Please talk about the importance of developing a new model 
     of education in this country. We now need a longer school day 
     built around a holistic health model with education as a 
     component. Children need to know themselves, feel good about 
     themselves and have a hope about the future. We must have a 
     system that cultivates and nurtures youth to become 
     productive, well-adjusted citizens.

  These 2 days have been wonderful days wherein our folk can come to 
the Hill and they are saying to us, let us get on with funding 
education appropriately. They are saying, let us deal with violence, 
let us deal with gun control, and let us see that the children of our 
Nation are nurtured, well-developed, healthy and have an opportunity to 
become useful citizens.

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