Frank Riggs: “the gentleman is aligned in the green scissors coalition with the Sierra Club which has now taken the position of…”

Mr. Speaker, obviously I rise to support the resolution and urge my colleagues, our colleagues, to approve this sense of Congress resolution that social promotions in our schools should end. The very first thing I want to do, because I may…

fundamentally this debate is about the refusal of my colleagues on the other side to give up their Band-Aid-- their fig leaf--their placebo for the failure of their great society social programs and the failure of the public education…

I really believe this is our last best chance to see this particular forest land acquisition become a reality. I am concerned when I see newspaper headlines, and I intend to insert these articles in the Record under general leave, but I am…

We are seeing a tremendous and I believe pent-up demand for more choice, more selection, if you will, in public education. We are beginning to see waiting lists created in charter schools around the country. Our legislation stipulates that…