[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 42 (Wednesday, April 5, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H1458]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  PRESIDENT'S BUDGET CUTTING OUR CHILDREN'S EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

  (Mr. CARNAHAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CARNAHAN. Madam Speaker, despite rising college tuition costs and 
rigid standards of the so-called No Child Left Behind Act, the 
Republican budget makes the largest cuts to education in 10 years.
  It cuts $15 billion from education that was promised: 3.7 million 
children in our country will be denied help with reading and math; 2 
million will be denied after-school programs that offer a safe place to 
play and learn. But the majority does not stop with just broken 
promises.
  Their budget eliminates funding for Safe and Drug-Free Schools, 
eliminates funding for vocational education, eliminates programs that 
help ensure high-risk students can attend college, and eliminates 36 
programs that help teachers and students succeed. They drastically cut 
Pell Grants and Perkins loans that American families need to help 
afford college.
  Republicans are risking our children's future to pay for more tax 
breaks for the wealthy few. The promise to our children's education 
must be kept. This budget must be rejected.

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