Arlen Specter

And that African American and Hispanic middle-school students had better grades, had less absenteeism and tardiness?

Is it not pretty important how it impacted on the Hispanic and African American students where there is customarily a greater concern about the quality of education?

The studies show that, as summarized, that there was more parental involvement in the program.

Well, there are frequently changes in reauthorization which do not bear on a determination that the program is ineffective.

But does that say anything about the inadequacy or failure of the discretionary program?

No, you said that the Congress as well as the administration--adopted language to the effect of being disappointed in the program, not satisfied with it.

So I still do not understand the relevancy of your distinction between discretionary and State grants.

Well, when you talked about a change from discretionary funding to State grants, how is that relevant on the quality of the program?

Do not tell this subcommittee what Congress thinks unless you have some factual basis for it. Do you?

When you talk about appropriate funding, one of the issues which has concerned me for many years and I have introduced legislation on, is the very high cost in the last few days, few weeks before death and the really inadequate information…

Nobody should decide for anybody else when the life support systems will be turned off.

I think this subcommittee for the past decade-plus has been a model of bipartisan cooperation.

It is a big job to administer the Department of Labor, and we are very pleased to work with you on the budget.

I commend--there's no doubt about the need for reporting, and for knowing what goes on with union records.

Should labor unions be required to have more detailed reporting requirements than their corporate, private corporate counterparts?

I don't want to spend any more time on ergonomics because I've asked you to supply the materials in writing.

Off-hand, on the surface, it would appear to me that 103 ergonomic inspections in all other industries beyond nursing homes is a small number.

Turning to the issue of ergonomics, last year in April you proposed to reduce ergonomic injuries through voluntary guidelines, but to have enforcement under OSHA's general duty clause.

We need to evaluate what your voluntary guidelines are producing.

They will be submitted

Pennsylvania has seen what has been termed to me a major mismatch between eligible recipients and Federal dollars.

Well, would you take a look at that and see if there is some way that can be worked out to the satisfaction of the State officials?

Madam Secretary, Pennsylvania has had insufficient funding in that line with the current larger allocation.

How can that be, with the cut of some $78 million?

The steel industry is only illustrative of one of the industries which is victimized by foreign subsidies and dumping.