[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3529]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                     SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING

  (Mr. HOLT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HOLT. Mr. Speaker, we adults ask students to be model citizens, 
to devote themselves to their studies, and to become tomorrow's 
leaders. But what is our message when their leaders can't even ensure a 
school building that passes code inspection? Every day, the students at 
Trenton Central High School attempt to learn in a building that suffers 
from electrical fires due to poor wiring and leaking water; dripping 
bathroom sewage; and an absence of science labs and general inadequacy 
and indignities.
  To fix these problems and provide Trenton students with a facility 
worthy of students and teachers for the 21st century, it is projected 
to cost $130 million. To bring all of New Jersey's schools up to code 
will cost several billions of dollars. Many States cannot manage that 
cost alone. We need to invest in our children by devoting Federal funds 
to school construction and renovation. With a modern school 
infrastructure, we can ask our students to become the community and 
world leaders we want them to be.

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