[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19708]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



      THIS ADMINISTRATION NOT CONNECTED WHEN IT COMES TO EDUCATION

  (Mr. KINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, now we have from the Gore-Clinton 
administration the formula for turning around education. This was 
revealed on September 7, 2000, by the Secretary of Education, Richard 
Riley, and I quote: ``What we need are the three R's in education: 
relationships, resilience, and readiness.''
  Now, is not that odd, because back home in Georgia, none of the 
parents or teachers have come to me and said, what we really need is 
resilience in education. Somehow their idea of the three R's is a 
little bit different. We need local control of education. We need 
parental involvement. We need the money going to the teacher in the 
classroom, not the bureaucrats in Washington. We need safe campuses.
  No wonder the gentleman from California (Mr. George Miller), a 
Democrat Congressman, said January 10, 2000, and I quote directly: ``I 
sit on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and I have 
witnessed the failure of this administration and Al Gore to do enough 
to address our Nation's education needs.''
  Well, I agree with the gentleman from California (Mr. George Miller), 
my Democrat colleague. It does not appear that this administration is 
connected when it comes to education.

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