[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 53 (Wednesday, April 25, 2001)]
[House]
[Pages H1562-H1563]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  WHO IS TAKING CARE OF OUR CHILDREN?

  (Ms. WOOLSEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WOOLSEY. Madam Speaker, I want to know who is taking care of our 
children. This weekend will mark 100 days since President Bush 
delivered his inaugural address. In that speech, he promised this 
Nation that he would leave no child behind.

                              {time}  1015

  Yet since then the President has focused almost all of his attention 
on promoting his multi-billion dollar tax break.
  This tax package would use up so much of our surplus that it actually 
leaves millions of children behind; behind in terms of reduced funding 
for child care, behind in terms of cuts to juvenile justice programs, 
and behind in terms of education programming.
  Madam Speaker, Americans do not want tax breaks for the wealthiest 1 
percent of Americans; they want safe schools and a bright future for 
our children. In the past 100 days, the President has shown us who is 
taking care of

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billionaires; but, like me, the American people want to know who is 
taking care of our children.

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