[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 156 (Monday, November 8, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H11649]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              LET LOCAL PEOPLE DECIDE NEEDS FOR CLASSROOMS

  (Mr. BALLENGER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BALLANGER. Madam Speaker, why does the President split hairs on 
his 100,000 teachers? He admits we put more money into education than 
he does. Our money can be spent to hire teachers, to train teachers, to 
build classrooms and so forth. His can only hire teachers. Will they be 
qualified, or will they have classrooms?
  California tried to cut class size and hired 30,000 teachers. But 
since there were few qualified persons available, they ended up with 
untrained teachers in crowded classrooms. Will we do the same thing? I 
hope not. Let us let the local people decide what their needs are.

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