[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 27066]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                         FIGHT FOR OUR SCHOOLS

  (Mr. LEWIS of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, it is our sacred responsibility to 
make sure that all of our children have an equal opportunity to learn. 
But today I rise to express my deep concern that the Republican 
leadership does not share this commitment. While Democrats have been 
working night and day to improve education, to put more teachers in our 
schools and to reduce class sizes, the Republican leadership have been 
trying to take money out of the schools and away from the majority of 
this country's children.
  The Republican plan is not just. The Republican plan is not right. We 
should be building up our schools, not knocking them down. For the sake 
of our children, all of our children, we must fight for our schools.

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