Frank Riggs

So this has occurred in the aftermath of Proposition 209. There has not been this chilling effect, at least at the University of California medical schools, that some people have suggested as a result of California voters expressing their…

I just want to make sure again, I do not know if this will allay concerns for those who believe we should be serving this population, but I want to point out one of the compromises we made on a bipartisan basis was to give States greater…

in fact it has been well documented that the existing admissions policies at the University of California discriminate against the minority group Asian-Americans. So what we are trying to do here is make sure that the Department of…

earlier this year when the Congress passed amendments to the landmark Federal special education and civil rights statute called IDEA, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, we included in that package of amendments a number of…

I want to briefly respond and point out to the gentleman, as we have already said on this floor this evening, only 7 of the 50 States have said that they will participate in these tests, which begs the question, if these tests are so…

I do not follow the comments of the gentleman from Wisconsin because it seems to me perfectly plausible that a poor and educationally disadvantaged child could also be gifted and talented.

The fact that we have now added language saying that these funds must be spent, shall be spent to help children meet challenging State content standards and challenging State student performance standards will have the effect of bringing…

Mr. Chairman, I wish to be heard on this amendment, and I am very pleased to join with my good friend and colleague on the Subcommittee on Education and the Workforce, the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Roemer] in offering and sponsoring this…

I want to tell the ranking member that I respect his views and would submit that perhaps this money, this $200 million in the bill for whole school reform, would still be better spent meeting the Federal obligation to provide special…

First of all, the contention has been made that amendments that involve a relatively small, even insignificant amount of money like 4 million extra, the vocational education amendment, or $11 million more will not do much to meet the…

I understand that the allocation provided to the subcommittee...has required making some tough choices in the bill, but I do hope that the subcommittee's allocation might increase during conference with the other body.

Mr. Chairman, I was looking for the appropriate juncture to join this debate and did not want to help us digress even further from the debate on the underlying amendment, but I have to say that this has been a remarkable discussion on…

I really question this money coming into this bill, being spent for, I think, very questionable or nebulous purposes, particularly when again those of us who serve on the authorizing committee were not consulted about this money, and this…

I just want to point out we can export our products or we can export our jobs, and I rise in strong opposition to this amendment.

the language in the bill allows, and again, I believe encourages, the States to use up to 10 percent of the money to drive those funds to the areas of greatest economic need and highest poverty, and again, that is very consistent with what…

Under the alternative secondary formula, they can drive all of their money to areas of greatest economic need and high poverty areas, if in fact they can demonstrate that the formula will do just that to the satisfaction of the Secretary…

In fact we learned from the example of Thomas Jefferson High School. We acted upon the testimony that we heard at our hearing. In our bill, we have said under the section dealing with the permissible uses of funds, that the funding can be…

I must marvel at our colleagues' selective memory in terms of how this debate has unfolded on the floor. But my point in seeking to be recognized... is to let our colleagues know that our bill, as reported out of committee, is a vast…

colleagues, let us apply the commonsense test here for a moment. Will one work force development coordinator, paid through Federal taxpayer funds, be able to do what the locally elected school board cannot?

And a locally elected school board, it seems to me, is accountable to and responsive, we hope responsive, to the local community, not a federally funded work force development coordinator who is not an elected official and therefore really…

we urge the court to use the rural exception carefully, and these criteria should provide the court with some assistance in rendering a decision on this issue. The committee believes it is important that the court consider the criteria in…

Mr. Speaker, combating juvenile crime is one of our most important domestic priorities, and it is an issue that has received a great deal of attention in recent months, both in this body and across the land. Earlier this spring, the House…

Mr. Chairman, on September 28th last year representatives of the Federal Government, representatives of the State of California government, and the Pacific Lumber Co. headquartered in Humboldt County, California, signed an agreement…

Mr. Speaker and colleagues, the bill before us now on the floor under suspension of the rules, I introduced on January 7 of this year, the first day of the 105th Congress. It is for me a very high personal legislative priority, because it…

Mr. Chairman, let me first address the comparison that some have made with the dedicated funding stream for dislocated adult workers to what the gentleman from New York [Mr. Owens] is trying to do in his amendment. It is important, I…