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Congressman Bob Etheridge
One Minute Speech
Labor H Bill Shortchanges No Child Left Behind
July 10, 2003

Mr. Speaker, today this House will consider the appropriations bill for education. I urge my colleagues to vote NO on this bad bill.

As the only former state schools chief serving in Congress, I know better than most the devastating impact education cuts can have on our teachers, our students and our schools. And this bill contains draconian education cuts.

Last Congress, I voted to pass the bipartisan No Child Left Behind Act for education reform. I supported it because the President and the Republican Leadership promised to provide the funding needed to make the reforms work. But today's bill shatters that promise by cutting $8 Billion below the authorized level in the new law. Education cuts of this magnitude will decimate morale in our schools and doom our children to an education system designed to fail.

Our schools and our children deserve better, and I have introduced legislation to require full funding of the No Child Left Behind Act. I urge my colleagues to join me in support of my bill and vote against this bad appropriations bill.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I yield back the balance of my time.

 

   
   
   
   

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