[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 117 (Friday, July 20, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1585]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND 
               RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008

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                               speech of

                         HON. CAROL SHEA-PORTER

                            of new hampshire

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 18, 2007

       The House in Committee of the Whole House on the State of 
     the Union had under consideration the bill (H.R. 3043) making 
     appropriations for the Department of Labor, Health and Human 
     Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal 
     year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes:

  Ms. SHEA-PORTER. Madam Chairman, I rise today in strong support of 
this amendment which will put a stop to the unacceptable evaluation 
component of the Upward Bound Program that turns our Nation's students 
into guinea pigs for the Department of Education.
  This evaluation requires that institutions receiving Upward Bound 
funds, such as the University of New Hampshire, recruit TWICE as many 
students than can be served, with the intent to deny half of these 
applicants and use them as a control group--receiving no Upward Bound 
assistance at all. I find this bait and switch, which comes at the 
expense of our students, to be offensive, downright cruel, and--at 
best--unethical.
  I recently introduced H.R. 2700 to suspend this study and prevent the 
other harmful changes the Administration has made to the Upward Bound 
program. This amendment to prohibit funding for this study is another 
means by which we can right this wrong.
  The goal of Upward Bound is to support our students in their efforts 
to obtain a college degree. We must not undermine these efforts with 
this unethical study.
  I urge my colleagues to protect the integrity of this program by 
standing with us, and our students, by supporting the Gwen Moore-Tom 
Cole-Bobby Scott-Carol Shea-Porter amendment.

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