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Congressional Record—House H6772 H6772 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE September 8, 2004 Becerra Hinchey Olver GENERAL LEAVE good education, it gives hope to every- Bell Hinojosa Ortiz one searching for a good or better job Berkley Hoeffel Pallone Mr. REGULA. Mr. Speaker, I ask Berman Holden Pascrell unanimous consent that all Members than they have, and it gives hope to Berry Holt Pastor may have 5 legislative days within the ill seeking a cure. Bishop (GA) Honda Pelosi which to revise and extend their re- This bill provides $142.5 billion—that Bishop (NY) Hooley (OR) Peterson (MN) is $500 for every person in the United Blumenauer Hoyer marks and include extraneous material Pomeroy States of America—a 2.2 percent in- Boswell Inslee Price (NC) on H.R. 5006, and that I may include Boucher Israel Rahall crease over fiscal year 2004, for over 500 Boyd Jackson (IL) tabular material on the same. Rangel different discretionary programs. It is Brady (PA) Jackson-Lee The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Reyes Brown (OH) (TX) responsible, it is fair, and it is bal- Rodriguez objection to the request of the gen- Brown, Corrine Jefferson anced. Ross tleman from Ohio? Butterfield Johnson, E. B. Let me first talk about education. I Capps Kanjorski Rothman There was no objection. Roybal-Allard would like to discuss what this bill pro- Capuano Kaptur f Cardin Kennedy (RI) Ruppersberger vides for education. Education is essen- Cardoza Kildee Rush DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, tial to the preservation of democracy, Carson (IN) Kilpatrick Sabo and an investment in education is an ´ HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Carson (OK) Kind Sanchez, Linda investment in human capital and an in- Case Kucinich T. AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED Clyburn Langevin Sanchez, Loretta AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS vestment in the future of this great Cooper Lantos Sanders ACT, 2005 Nation. Costello Larsen (WA) Sandlin Mr. Chairman, Federal education The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Cramer Larson (CT) Schakowsky spending has more than doubled since Crowley Lee Schiff ant to House Resolution 754 and rule fiscal year 1996, from $23 billion to Cummings Levin Scott (GA) XVIII, the Chair declares the House in nearly $60 billion today. We have fo- Davis (AL) Lewis (GA) Scott (VA) the Committee of the Whole House on Davis (CA) Lipinski Serrano cused spending in this bill in the key Davis (FL) Lofgren Sherman the State of the Union for the consider- areas that most directly improve our Davis (IL) Lowey Skelton ation of the bill, H.R. 5006. Davis (TN) Lucas (KY) Slaughter children’s education. DeFazio Lynch Smith (WA) b 1152 First and foremost, I believe that no DeGette Majette Snyder child will be left behind if he or she has IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE Delahunt Maloney Solis a quality and dedicated teacher. Al- DeLauro Markey Accordingly, the House resolved Spratt most every teacher in our Nation’s Deutsch Marshall Stark itself into the Committee of the Whole Dicks Matheson classrooms today is there for one rea- Stenholm House on the State of the Union for the Dingell Matsui son: They love children and want to Strickland consideration of the bill (H.R. 5006) Doggett McCarthy (MO) Stupak Dooley (CA) McCollum help them reach their full potential, Tanner making appropriations for the Depart- Doyle McDermott and that should be their goal. Tauscher ments of Labor, Health and Human Edwards McGovern We applaud their hard work and dedi- Taylor (MS) Emanuel McIntyre Services, and Education, and related Thompson (CA) cation, and we support them in this bill Eshoo McNulty agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep- Thompson (MS) by providing funding to encourage peo- Etheridge Meehan tember 30, 2005, and for other purposes, Evans Meek (FL) Tierney ple to enter the field of teaching and to Farr Meeks (NY) Towns with Mr. LATOURETTE in the chair. strengthen and maximize the skills of Turner (TX) Fattah Menendez The Clerk read the title of the bill. those already in the classroom. Filner Michaud Udall (NM) The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to the Van Hollen I would urge young people that are Ford Millender- rule, the bill is considered as having Frank (MA) McDonald Vela´ zquez thinking about a career to give consid- Frost Miller (NC) Visclosky been read the first time. eration to being in a classroom, where Gephardt Miller, George Waters Under the rule, the gentleman from they can touch the lives of children. Gonzalez Moore Watson Ohio (Mr. REGULA) and the gentleman Gordon Watt Often when I speak to large groups out Moran (VA) from Wisconsin (Mr. OBEY) each will Green (TX) Murtha Waxman in the district, I say, how many of you Gutierrez Nadler Weiner control 30 minutes. had a teacher that has made a dif- Harman Napolitano Wexler The Chair recognizes the gentleman ference in your life? Almost every hand Hastings (FL) Neal (MA) Woolsey from Ohio (Mr. REGULA). Herseth Oberstar Wu in the room goes up. Hill Obey Wynn Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, I yield This bill also supports teachers and myself such time as I may consume. NOT VOTING—34 students by increasing funding for Mr. Chairman, I am pleased to offer Title I by $1 billion. Title I provides Andrews Grijalva Norwood today the fiscal year 2005 appropria- the additional resources to low-income Ballenger Hobson Owens tions bill for the Departments of Bilirakis John Payne schools to help principals, teachers and Boehlert Jones (OH) Putnam Labor, Health and Human Services, students close education achievement Brady (TX) Kleczka Ryan (OH) Education and related agencies. By gaps. At the school level, Title I helps Cannon Kolbe Schrock taking into consideration the priorities Chandler Lampson provide additional staff, ongoing train- Simmons of the President and the Members, all Clay Lewis (CA) Tauzin ing and the latest research, computer Conyers McCarthy (NY) Udall (CO) the Members of this House, we have equipment, books or new curricula of- Culberson McInnis Young (AK) produced a bill that meets the needs of Engel Mollohan ferings that, coupled with strong ac- Flake Nethercutt all Americans. This bill affects the countability efforts, helps disadvan- lives, in one way or another, of every taged children meet the same high ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE American. standards as their more advantaged The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. We are appreciative of the efforts of peers. SIMPSON) (during the vote). Members the leaders of the House and the chair- In addition to the funding increases are advised 2 minutes remain in this man of the Committee on Appropria- in Title I, this bill also increases fund- vote. tions, the gentleman from Florida (Mr. ing for scientifically based reading pro- b 1152 YOUNG), to provide a workable alloca- grams so that all children can read Mr. DOOLEY of California and Ms. tion for this bill. I am pleased to say well by the end of the third grade. In 3 CORRINE BROWN of Florida changed that this bill was unanimously ap- short years, funding for reading pro- their vote from ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ proved on a bipartisan basis in both the grams has tripled to over $1.3 billion, So the previous question was ordered. subcommittee and the full committee. tripled, and importantly so. Reading is The result of the vote was announced I would also like to acknowledge the the key. This investment will assist as above recorded. hard work, dedication, and expertise of parents, teachers and school districts The SPEAKER pro tempore. The my subcommittee staff, as well as the in meeting the reading challenges of question is on the resolution. minority staff, in putting together this our children. The resolution was agreed to. bill. Mr. Chairman, many of my col- A motion to reconsider was laid on Mr. Chairman, this bill is about hope. leagues speak with me about the finan- the table. It gives hope to every child seeking a cial demands of special education on VerDate Aug 04 2004 05:16 Sep 09, 2004 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A08SE7.008 H08PT1 September 8, 2004 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6773 their local school districts. We also the public’s investment. Funding for istrative functions. Funding for CMS is hear from parents about the need to NIH has increased by over $700 million, at $2.7 billion, an increase of more than support adequate special education bringing its total budget to $28.5 bil- $100 million. That is important, be- funding to ensure their special-needs lion. In that regard I might say that we cause it will speed up processing of children receive a quality and equal looked at all the programs and said, is claims for people in Medicare, Med- education opportunity. this producing results so that we could icaid, and so on. In this bill, funding for special edu- use the money as good stewards and as Infant mortality rates in certain seg- cation totals over $11 billion, a nearly wisely as possible for the 280 million ments of our population are at least 11⁄2 380 percent increase since fiscal year Americans. times the national average. We have 1996, and $1 billion more than last year. All of the information and advances provided over $97 million for the Title III programs are designed to we have gained from NIH, however, will Healthy Start Program, which uses strengthen institutions of higher edu- be useless if they do not make their community-designed and evidence-sup- cation that serve a high percentage of way to health care providers and indi- ported strategies aimed at reducing in- minority students and students from viduals, those most responsible for fant mortality. low-income backgrounds.
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