[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6677]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         NOVEMBER IS THE ANSWER

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, this morning I had a group of students from 
Hawkins Mill Elementary School in Memphis tour the Capitol, inner city 
young children. And I thought about what type of future they'll have 
and how Congress is affecting it.
  I thought of the children's health plan that would give six million 
more children around this country health care, and the fact that the 
President vetoed their opportunity to have health care.
  I thought about No Child Left Behind to help them in education. But 
that bill has been $50 billion underfunded, and basically teaches 
teachers to teach a test and not to teach these children.
  I thought about the war in Iraq and John McCain's thought that it's 
going to be a hundred-year war, and how many of them might have to go 
to Iraq and maybe lose their lives and continue to suck moneys out of 
our economy and hinder their future with a budget that is out of 
balance and that they'll have to pay for.
  Mr. Speaker, I'm concerned about the children at Hawkins Mill 
Elementary and all the other children and the future we leave them.
  Mr. Speaker, November's the answer. We need to have a new Senate and 
a new President that think about the children and the future.

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