On the recordJune 13, 2000
All I would say, Mr. Chairman, is that the Senate has brought out its authorization bill and it has not included the Teacher Empowerment Act. So that may be false hope. Secondly, with respect to block granting, what the majority has done with the social service block grant, which was at $2.4 billion 2 years ago, they cut it to $1.7 billion under the TEA-21 legislation. Then the Senate cut it in the labor-health bill this year to another $600 million. It has become the incredible shrinking block grant, and we are afraid we are going to do the same thing to education by first blocking them and then shrinking them. Thirdly, I would point out that it is incorrect to say that the President is zeroing out the Eisenhower Teacher Training program. He is doubling that program essentially from $335 million to $690 million, and then adding some features that strengthen it as well.
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