Dale Kildee

I rise, again with a heavy heart, to oppose this amendment... to enact this amendment would mean the loss of dollars for a number of States... I do oppose the amendment, again with a heavy heart, but I feel that we must oppose it because…

I rise in opposition to the amendment offered by the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. Gunderson], not because of the person who is offering it because he has made many fine contributions to this bill and other education bills, but I rise to…

it is really with a very heavy heart that I rise to oppose this amendment, both because of my great respect for Governor Romero-Barcelo, and my great feelings for Puerto Rico. I look forward to working with him to achieve his goal to have…

Mr. Chairman, I am convinced that all of us here are trying to achieve the same goal. I think we all have good will on that. The language that the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. Ford] and I offered in our amendment had been worked out very…

H.R. 6, the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994, reauthorizes and amends most of the Federal Government programs that provide assistance to elementary and secondary education in our country. The majority of these programs are included…

this amendment, which I offer for myself and Mr. Goodling, represents a bipartisan agreement on the bill's opportunity-to-learn provisions. This amendment: Clearly provides that the implementation of model opportunity-to-learn standards by…

the Ford-Kildee amendment refers to all home schools, however they are classified by the States. The reference is to all home schools.

whatever the case may be, I do not read it that way and the attorneys do not read it that way, but we will nevertheless respond to those terms with very clear language.

Mr. Chairman, let me note that on the alleged unfunded mandate, the opportunity-to-learn standards, we have reached a compromise so that it will not be an unfunded mandate. I also wish to note that the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. Ford]…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of h.R. 2455, the Safe Schools Act, and I commend its sponsor, Representative Owens, and Chairman Kildee, and the other members of the Education and Labor Committee for their leadership on this…

Mr. Speaker, violence in our schools is a problem of national concern. In testimony before my Subcommmitte on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education, Madeleine Kunin, Deputy Secretary of Education, stated that: Approximately 3…