[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 8416]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          EDUCATION IN AMERICA

  (Mr. ROSS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROSS. Mr. Speaker, as the proud son of public school educators 
and a father of two children attending public school, I am concerned 
about the state of education in America.
  Education is one of America's most fundamental building blocks. A 
solid education system is what drives our Nation's prosperity and paves 
the way to a brighter future for our great country. Yet, our President, 
for the third year in a row, wants to cut funding for our public 
education system. Though the President promised to support our 
teachers, he tried to cut teacher quality programs by $268 million in 
the 2004 budget.
  Our President has repeatedly slashed funding for the Pell grants, 
which allows thousands of deserving students the opportunity to go to 
college. And his proposed budget for 2005 slashes funding for the No 
Child Left Behind program which the President has repeatedly identified 
as one of his top priorities by $8 billion.
  Our children deserve a real education system that provides them with 
a solid, quality education.

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