[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 21015]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                     THE DEMOCRAT EDUCATION AGENDA

  (Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, yesterday the minority 
leader, the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Gephardt), delivered an 
important address outlining the education agenda our party will pursue 
next year under a Democratic Congress. This agenda reflects our 
commitments to take bold action to make public schools strong and 
effective and to add, not replace, the efforts being made at the local 
level.
  I applaud the minority leader, the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. 
Gephardt), for his efforts that began more than a year ago in a series 
of meetings at the Madison Building over dinners and good 
conversations.
  Here is what we as Democrats propose on education: establish a major 
new partnership with States to lower class size and assure that every 
child has a qualified teacher; offer new investments while holding 
schools accountable for the results; make quality preschool available 
to every child; and provide direct grants and tax breaks to upgrade and 
modernize school facilities.
  We have set down our marker. I look forward to working with the then 
Speaker, the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Gephardt), in a Democratic 
House to move it forward.

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