[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 61 (Wednesday, May 5, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H2555]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  ADMINISTRATION HAS FAILED EDUCATION

  (Mr. McDERMOTT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, when it comes to education, the 
administration's rhetoric is there, but it masks the reality. The 
administration waves a lot of papers and makes a lot of speeches, but 
they have failed education in America; and it is a required course.
  Here are their test courses. The administration has an Education 
Secretary who calls the teachers' union ``terrorists.'' The 
administration left every child behind when it grossly underfunded that 
essential education in the United States.
  Today, we are celebrating and they are celebrating Cinco de Mayo, 
while they hide from the Hispanic community the fact that they have cut 
programs to promote staying in school, knowing that the high school 
dropout rate for Hispanics is four times higher than white students.
  Come November we are going to enroll the President and the 
administration in a remedial rhetoric course to learn how to tell the 
truth.

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