it reminds me of you are a contractor and you had one contractor who built the foundation, a totally inadequate foundation, a foundation that is going to collapse; and then you bring in another contractor, and then that new contractor is…

first of all let me preface my remarks in relationship to this amendment by indicating that there are no Federal mandates dealing with curriculum in any local school district. There is only one Federal mandate dealing with curriculum in…

Mr. Speaker, today I am losing my left arm, I am losing my right arm, but I can afford to lose both for the benefit of an institution I love, the House of Representatives. Where I am totally unorganized, your new administrator is totally…

Did the gentleman say that the outstanding Thomas Jefferson School near our colleague from Virginia's district, is already doing all of these things and the Federal Government did not have to mandate it and did not tell them they had to do…

I believe in this legislation we now do much of what the gentleman is trying to do without specifically authorizing a work force development coordinator in a high school or a secondary tech school.

Again, let me repeat, that when the gentleman mentions a work force development coordinator at schools, the gentleman is asking for the bill, in my estimation, to be defeated. I can only tell the gentleman from 3 years' experience trying…

I accept the amendment. The amendment would require States to make the information contained in their report on how the State is performing in regard to their State benchmarks available to the public. This is consistent with the provisions…

Mr. Chairman, we have to make sure that we understand that this amendment would add support for a work force development coordinator at schools as an allowable use of funds under this bill. As the gentleman from Massachusetts recalled, we…

I offer an amendment, a manager's amendment, that would modify the within State secondary funding formula to distribute funds in 1998 by the current law formula, in 1999 and 2000 by a formula based 70 percent on poverty, 30 percent on…

I would point out, however, that bureau funded schools that have operated adult education programs would remain eligible to receive funding under section 103(c)(1) pertaining to the reserve of funds for Indian programs. The provision…

In accordance with provisions of section 14101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, bureau funded schools are local educational agencies. Thus they would qualify for funding under the basic State grant. Bureau funded…

I just want to point out two things. We are hearing a lot about where the money should go. Keep in mind now, we are talking about 75 percent of the population that has been pretty well ignored because they do not receive a 4-year college…

when we began this effort, I told the staff to keep working until they could see whether they could satisfy the gentleman from Virginia [Mr. Scott], and apparently we have done that, and so we are here today. Also, when we started, I…

as chairman of the authorizing committee with jurisdiction over NEA, I would like to make a few comments about my understanding of the future of NEA. At the outset, I would note that over the years, nothing associated with the NEA has ever…

Today, we are going to deal with legislation that is the culmination of 6, 7, 8 years of work, I would suppose, of a very dedicated staff and members of this committee as well as the Governors, State legislators, educators, local elected…

I believe we have considered that in the collaborative process on the State level which gets all of those people together. They have to agree. The collaborative process then on the local level, again, all of those must agree. And the whole…

First of all we should not get dislocated workers into this discussion because they are protected in the legislation. We made very, very sure of that. Again I say the total discretion is left to that local community for the use of that…

I would agree with the Congressman from Texas that existing programs do not work. I would also have to inform him that if we do not make an attempt to revise and reform those programs, those existing programs will go on and on and on as…

The gentlewoman is correct. Section 106 of the bill amends section 8002(i) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to clarify that, beginning in the fiscal year 1997, priority payments for amounts appropriated above the appropriated…

The only way such payments would be reduced would be if appropriations fell to or below the amount appropriated in 1996.

we hear a lot about programs that fail, and I have seen a lot of them, financed by Federal taxpayers. I would like to talk a little bit tonight about a program that appears to be successful. During my career in teaching and counseling, I…

Again, I ask my colleagues, how demeaning can we be in the Congress of the United States? As I indicated earlier in the debate, we somehow or other believe that employees cannot make decisions. Only we in the Congress of the United States…

In the first amendment, Mr. Chairman, we are dealing with the issue some raised that migrant workers could be hurt, construction workers perhaps, so we are dealing with that issue. In the second there were those who were concerned that if…

Seventy-five percent of the employees surveyed by the polling firm of Penn & Schoen Associates favored allowing employees the option of time off as an alternative to overtime wages. The first amendment would require that an employee have…

I realize, if my colleagues have made up their mind that they want to vote against the bill, the best way to do that is just not read the bill. Then they can say anything on the floor of the House. But if they read the bill and it is only…