[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 24185]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



            FEDERAL RED TAPE IS STRANGLING AMERICA'S SCHOOLS

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, Federal red tape is strangling America's 
public schools. As long as the bureaucrats maintain their death grip on 
school districts across America, schools will struggle with their 
effort to get better.
  So when we talk about how much money we are spending on education, 
let us also talk about how we are spending that money. Let us stop 
focusing on process and start focusing on what really matters: Results.
  That is what Republican education reform is all about. It is about 
fewer layers of bureaucracy and more dollars to the classroom. It is 
about less red tape and more student achievement. It is about allowing 
parents to take their kids out of bad schools and put them into good 
ones. It is about putting more decisions into the hands of teachers and 
parents and fewer decisions in the hands of the bureaucrats. It is 
about giving America's children the chance for a brighter future.

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