the problem is that whole school reform only works if there are the liberties to truly reform it. As my colleagues know, if a school says we would like to apply for this $50,000 grant and they get it, but the State does not allow the…

first of all I am proud to say I have never taken a dime from the tobacco companies and do not intend to now. I refuse all of their PAC checks. I have also been the proud sponsor of a lot of tough youth access legislation and hope to have…

I rise today to engage the gentleman from Virginia in a colloquy related to something important for Louisville, KY. In 1994 the Federal Aviation Administration advised Congress that they would reimburse the Standiford Field in Louisville…

I certainly understand too, as my children have started on their own, each one of them, they feel so poor, they feel so vulnerable. They go to work every day, and there is never enough money. My husband and I have depended on them to be…

I wish to bring to the House's attention the visit last month of the Education at a Crossroads Project. I have had, as the mother of six children, a great interest in education and in the education of each of my children. For that reason…

I thank my fellow freshmen and those of us here that are here to talk about the budget. I appreciate having the opportunity to discuss this issue. It is one of the most important issues. It was discussed in my district at every public…

on this day when we honor our Nation's teachers, I would like to highlight the work of one accomplished educator in my district of Louisville, KY. Jacqueline Austin spent 13 years as a classroom teacher before being named as principal of…

I think it goes back to the theme, Mr. Speaker, that the gentleman talked about, about why spend more of our tax dollars if we cannot make effective the tax dollars we already spend on education. Mr. Speaker, I believe that Americans are…

The best way to build a school for our children is for each school district to do it as they do it right now. They say, what do we need? We need this many classrooms, we need these certain specifications, and they put it out for an open…

I think on the floor today when we think about how much time we spend discussing building roads, building schools, building businesses, it is really wonderful to take a day and talk about building families. Families with children are…

I want to just remind you though that even though North Carolina may not incur the higher school costs and may not borrow out of this $5 billion, this $5 billion represents the tax dollars they have paid to Washington, and they are just…

Actually the whole key to Kentucky's education reform act is that children learn one child at a time, one classroom at a time, one school at a time, and one district at a time. The closer the effective education occurs and the decisions…

I would. I have been very interested in education myself as a mother of six children, as a member of the Kentucky State legislature, on the education and the Committee on Appropriations. I have had a long-standing involvement with the…

I would just like to challenge the Department of Education and the President to rethink their proposal. Since they believe that schools construction is so important, since they believe the need is so great that we cannot afford it, I am…

Actually there are two problems here. One is the fraudulent data. When you have a building in Washington, DC that is trying to determine construction projects and costs in Oklahoma, what you are doing is removing the two so far apart that…

It is important, and it is important because I think the American people would be interested in how their tax dollars are spent. What the Federal Government says is that any school that is built with a dollar of Federal money, that certain…

a couple of weeks ago, a number of female trial lawyers approached Members of Congress to press the message that product liability reform is bad for women. As the House Committee on Commerce begins to hold hearings on product liability…

The truth is, if I had to describe the one issue that is the most uniting issue in my district it has become taxes. I really think that that is unique to this year. I think that there have been questions about taxes, complaints about taxes…