[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 73 (Tuesday, June 13, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H4227]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SPENDING CUTS TO EDUCATION IN LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS BILL
(Mr. UDALL of New Mexico asked and was given permission to address
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. UDALL of New Mexico. Mr. Speaker, as we move from budget and
taxes to appropriations, we learn the true priorities of our colleagues
on the other side of the aisle.
We have seen a trillion dollar tax cut, and we have seen this
trillion dollar tax cut divided into smaller pieces: Marriage tax and
estate tax. But the bottom line is these are tax cuts which are
targeted at a very few of our most privileged in our society.
Now we bring forward today an education bill which provides no money
for critical school modernization, for class size reduction, and for
targeting low performing schools.
Mr. Speaker, I urge all of my colleagues to vote against this
misguided legislation.
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