[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 123 (Thursday, July 17, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H3372]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           PROVIDING BEST EDUCATION FUNDING FOR ALL FAMILIES

  (Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, our children are under attack.
  Mr. Speaker, $6.8 billion in education funding, dollars appropriated 
by Democrats and Republicans, is frozen. These are funds that should 
have been available on July 1.
  In Pennsylvania, that is $230 million. Resources, including summer 
programs and teacher training, hang in limbo.
  Abington School District, my alma mater, is missing more than 
$250,000. Some schools may be able to function while the President's 
latest whims play out in court, but as is the case with most of his 
orders, Trump has stolen the most from those who have the least.
  The Norristown Area School District, just 15 miles from my district 
of Abington, is owed three times as much, more than $750,000 in Federal 
funds.
  This is not about government efficiency. It is about greed, 
incompetence, and cruelty.
  When Secretary McMahon testified before the Appropriations Committee, 
I asked her: ``Why are you in this job?'' Her response: ``I want the 
best for my family,'' not all families, her family.
  When Republicans tell us who they are, Mr. Speaker, we should believe 
them.

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