On the recordJuly 11, 1996
Mr. Chairman, to hear all this compassionate discussion about public education makes me harken back to last year and our efforts to offer educational choice to the poor people of the District of Columbia. If we have a direct responsibility for any education system in this country, it certainly is the District of Columbia public schools and we were unable, because of Democratic opposition, to offer educational choice to the poor children of the District of Columbia and their families. These are children that are trapped in failing schools and trapped in circumstances that as far as I am concerned very seriously cloud their future and deny them educational opportunity, which is the cornerstone of American democratic society. But the point I want to make during this debate is that simply throwing more money, more taxpayer dollars at our failing educational system has not helped the problem and it is not the answer.
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