[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15257]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                       EDUCATION ACCOMPLISHMENTS

  (Mr. BALLENGER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BALLENGER. Mr. Speaker, it has been said that an education is the 
best provision for old age. Without an education, a person's options 
and their potential for growth are severely limited.
  Nowhere is this philosophy more accurate than in America, where even 
many entry-level jobs require a college degree.
  Unfortunately, America's public education system has been failing 
thousands of American students. Many of our schools are struggling just 
to provide the basic tools of modern education demands, computers, 
updated textbooks and evenly qualified teachers.
  Republicans are working to solve these problems. We passed 
legislation that gives States maximum flexibility in how they use 
Federal education dollars.
  We also passed measures to help improve teacher quality and reduce 
class size, and we passed legislation to improve education 
opportunities for disabled students. Republicans are making education a 
top priority and our children deserve no less.

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