Frank Pallone: “once again today the House was forced to pass a continuing resolution because of the fact that the Republican leadership…”

“once again today the House was forced to pass a continuing resolution because of the fact that the Republican leadership has not gotten the job done this year in terms of the budget and a number of other issues that we as Democrats feel should be raised or should have been raised, certainly, over the last 2 years, and should have had full debate, but certainly should be addressed in some fashion before we adjourn. Most important on that list is the education initiative. This is the initiative that President Clinton announced in his State of the Union address last year when he talked about the need on the local level to provide money for school modernization. The fact of the matter is that across this country there are schools, and in fact, almost every school district has the need to upgrade their school buildings, either because they have to build additional buildings, or because of upgrades necessary just for simple things like computers or new high technology that require new wiring in the school building. Every school district around the country could benefit in some way from the initiative that President Clinton announced whereby tax credits, in essence, will be given to the local school districts so they would find it easier to bond to upgrade and modernize their schools.”