[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 127 (Thursday, October 12, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H9820]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         TOP DOLLAR SHOULD NOT BE DEMANDED TO BUILD NEW SCHOOLS

  (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to urge my colleagues to vote 
for H.R. 4656, which will sell 8.7 acres of land at fair market value 
for the use as an elementary school in Incline Village, Nevada. This 
bill which was debated Tuesday night will be voted on today and will 
give every Member on both sides of the aisle an opportunity to keep 
their promises to support education and school construction for our 
children.
  The present elementary school there has more than 40 students in each 
classroom because there is simply nowhere else for them to go. But H.R. 
4656 will solve this education problem. The land will be sold, and I 
say sold, not given away, to the school district for construction of a 
school to provide over 400 students with a quality education.
  Mr. Speaker, this administration is demanding 800 percent, that is 
more than 8 times, the limited-use value as a school site. This 
administration's greed is an unconscionable effort to deny these 
children an education. Obtaining top dollar for the land seems to be 
more important to them than the education of our children.
  I urge everyone to vote for H.R. 4656.

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