Albert Russell Wynn: “unfortunately today I think my Republican colleagues just do not get it. The fact is that education is the key to the…”

“unfortunately today I think my Republican colleagues just do not get it. The fact is that education is the key to the American dream and the key to global competitiveness, but American students are falling behind their foreign counterparts. Enrollment is increasing by 7 percent over the next 6 years, but the Republicans are cutting the budget by 7 percent below 1995 levels. That will not enable us to meet the American Dream. Let us look at the cuts. They are cutting math and reading assistance for 150,000 disadvantaged students. They are cutting local education assistance by $350 million under the Goals 2000 Program. They cut 15,000 disadvantaged students out of the Head Start Program. They claim they want to fight drugs, but they cut $25 million out of the Safe and Drug Free Schools Program. They say they want technological advances, but they cut $277 million out of technology programs for schools. They say they want advanced higher education, but they cut direct student loans. Let us give education the priority it deserves.”