[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 157 (Tuesday, November 9, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H11714]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      RESPONSIBILITY IN EDUCATION

  (Mr. HAYWORTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HAYWORTH. Mr. Speaker, we have all heard of the three Rs when it 
comes to education. Let me add a fourth R: responsibility, because 
responsibility is the key. Yesterday, Mr. Speaker, the President of the 
United States, responding to the press when it comes to judicious 
spending of educational dollars said, and I quote, ``Well, because it 
is not their money.''
  Mr. Speaker, the President of the United States and my colleagues on 
the other side of the aisle ought to understand both the arithmetic and 
the responsibility. My liberal friends want the money to be controlled 
by the educational bureaucrats in Washington. We in the common sense, 
conservative majority say the money should be spent at home, first and 
foremost by teachers in the classrooms, by superintendents in the 
districts, and yes, by governors in the States, along with the 
respective superintendents of public education. Because while education 
is a national priority, it ultimately is a local concern.
  Mr. Speaker, the President and my liberal friends should join with us 
to make sure that local control and responsibility is paramount.

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