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John W. Olver: “the Republicans' defense appropriations bill earmarks $493 million to begin production of the first two unneeded B-2…”

On the recordAugust 2, 1995
the Republicans' defense appropriations bill earmarks $493 million to begin production of the first two unneeded B-2 bombers. But the Republicans' education appropriations bill which we debate today cuts funds for education. Safe and drug-free schools, special education, art in schools, adult education, education for gifted children, and public library funding all will be slashed. Education for homeless children will be eliminated, gone. Dropout prevention, gone. The national writing project, gone. The teacher corps, gone. Workplace literacy programs, gone. The irony here is that every single one of the cuts I just mentioned, plus many more, added together equals less than the startup costs of those two unneeded B-2 bombers. Cuts in education on the one hand, more money to build unneeded B-2 bombers on the other hand. The Republican priorities are wrong.
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John W. Olver
Massachusetts
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Addressing cuts to education funding in contrast to defense spending on B-2 bombers.

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