[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14590]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



  ANNOUNCING FIELD HEARING OF HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE ON EARLY CHILDHOOD, 
               YOUTH AND FAMILIES IN ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA

  (Ms. SANCHEZ asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. SANCHEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to report that next week the 
Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth, and Families will be holding a 
congressional hearing in my district in Anaheim, California, and will 
talk about parenting and community involvement in education.
  Kids today bring so many needs to the classroom, and we are all 
responsible for what happens, and to make sure that those needs are 
met, parents and teachers and educators, Federal, State, and local 
government, the corporate and the nonprofit sectors, our institutions 
of higher education and our law enforcement agencies.
  Teachers cannot meet the needs alone. Parents cannot do it alone. It 
is too late when our kids get to the universities. Recent events all 
over our Nation have proven that our young people certainly cannot make 
it on their own.
  Schools need adequate resources, especially those with the children 
and the families who need it the most, so our schools can focus on 
education instead of fundraising. That falls to all of us. So we are 
going to be discussing how our communities can and should be working 
together. We will hear from parents and teachers and students and 
members of the community on how to do that.
  Our children will take our Nation to wonderful new heights in the 
21st century.

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