Bob Schaffer: “tonight I want to talk about children and the topic of education. I believe it is the most important issue that we have…”

“tonight I want to talk about children and the topic of education. I believe it is the most important issue that we have to discuss, especially when we look out into the future of America and where we are headed. My colleagues who preceded me had a very excellent discussion, the tenor of which I certainly concur with and agree. And I guess I would ask colleagues to consider this same debate or similar debates years and years from now, when the children of today are the leaders of tomorrow and are debating these important matters of international peace and security and all the topics that we deal with here in the Congress. The topic today is, again, education, and particularly with respect to the proposal of education tax credits. This is something that our President has mentioned frequently. This is a topic that has become well-known in several States that have preceded this Congress in exploring the topic of education tax credits, and it is an innovative idea and a way to try to get new dollars, additional dollars to children for the purposes of expanding and broadening their academic horizons.”