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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE
May 22, 2001
President Bush's expression of support on
May 16, 2001 for moving quickly to begin con-
struction of the memorial gave our legislation
a real boost and was much appreciated. He
has made it clear he will sign this bill. And
with Memorial Day approaching, how could we
do less than ensure that our World War II vet-.
erans will be honored on this prominent site
on the Mall?
Mr. Speaker, the extraordinary action Con-.
gress is taking here is not the sort of thing we
should do often, but I am convinced that in
this instance it is appropriate and necessary.
I hope it will serve as a reminder that the pa-.
tience of Congress and the American people
is not endless, and that the agencies and
commissions of government are constitu-.
tionally accountable to Congress as well as
the courts.
The bill would allow the normal and nec-.
essary administrative decisions to be made in
carrying out the design as memorial construc-.
tion proceeds. However, I think it is obvious
that Congress will not lose its keen interest in
the progress of the memorial once this legisla-.
tion is enacted into law.
Mr. Speaker, the Senate having approved
the compromise bill by unanimous consent, I
urge every Member of the House to join in
supporting our World War II veterans by giving
favorable consideration to H.R. 1696, as
amended.
Mr. STUMP. Mr. Speaker, I have no
further requests for time, and I yield
back the balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr.
RYAN of Wisconsin). The question is on
the motion offered by the gentleman
from Arizona (Mr. STUMP) that the
House suspend the rules and concur in
the Senate amendment to the bill, H.R.
1696.
The question was taken; and (two-
thirds having voted in favor thereof)
the rules were suspended and the Sen-
ate amendment was concurred in.
A motion to reconsider was laid on
the table.
PERMISSION TO OFFER AMEND-
MENT OUT OF ORDER DURING
FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF
H.R. 1, NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND
ACT OF 2001
Mr. BOEHNER. Mr. Speaker, I ask
unanimous consent that, during fur-
ther consideration of the bill, H.R. 1,
pursuant to House Resolution 143,
amendment numbered 3 in House Re-
port 107-69 may be offered out of the
specified order and immediately fol-
lowing amendment numbered 5.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there
objection to the request of the gen-
tleman from Ohio?
There was no objection.
NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT OF
2001
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu-
ant to House Resolution 143 and rule
XVIII, the Chair declares the House in
the Committee of the Whole House onthe State of the Union for the further
consideration of the bill, H.R. 1.
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IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
Accordingly, the House resolved
itself into the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union for the
further consideration of the bill (H.R.
1) to close the achievement gap with
accountability, flexibility, and choice,
so that no child is left behind, with Mr.
HASTINGS of Washington in the chair.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The CHAIRMAN. When the Com-
mittee of the Whole House rose on
Thursday, May 17, 2001, 1 hour and 46
minutes remained in general debate.
The gentleman from Ohio (Mr.
BOEHNER) has 55 minutes remaining
and the gentleman from California (Mr.
GEORGE MILLER) has 51 minutes re-
maining.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman
from Ohio (Mr. BOEHNER)-.
Mr. BOEHNER. Mr. Chairman, I am
happy to yield 3 minutes to the gen-
tleman from Georgia (Mr. IsAKsoN).
Mr. ISAKSON. Mr. Chairman, I
thank the gentleman from Ohio for
yielding me this time. I am delighted
to rise today in support of the number
one campaign issue of President George
Bush, the number one focus of the
House Committee on Education and
the Workforce, and a bill to which any
number of Members of this House have
contributed tremendous time and ef-
fort in the interest of improving the
education of all America's children,
but in particular our most disadvan-
taged.
I want to particularly thank the gen-
tleman from Ohio (Chairman BOEHNER)
for his tireless work over the last 4
months and the gentleman from Cali-
fornia (Mr. GEORGE MILLER), ranking
member for his tireless effort as well.
The results of the working group and
the House Committee on Education
and the Workforce is a bipartisan bill
that ensures this country has account-
ability in the expenditure of title I
funds, I might add for the first time.
It ensures more flexibility than has
ever been allowed with Federal funds
to every single one of the 6,000 public
school systems in the United States of
America.
Most importantly of all, it informs
parents and children on an individual
basis of their progress, how their
schools are doing, and it provides work
and money to allow schools that are
failing to come up in their performance
and ultimately to meet the success
that schools that are succeeding are in
fact doing.
I want to particularly address myself
to the accountability portion this
morning, which in later amendments
will receive a good certain amount of
debate.
Since the inception of title I, there
has not been a mechanism for account-ability of the progress of America's
most disadvantaged students. For the
benefit of this Chamber, it is important
to understand that title I students are
America's poorest students, those on
free and reduced lunch, those who most
likely have come from an environment
that is less than conducive to learning,
and those, that after they enter the
public school system, more often than
other students, that will find them-
selves dropping out before they ever
get a high school diploma.
The important part of the President's
initiative is as follows: First we will
have an early reading first program
that ensures that children will learn to
read and comprehend to the third grade
level by the time they reach that level.
Second, it ensures that, in reading and
in arithmetic, children will be tested
annually by the local system and by
the State on a test approved by the
State to ensure that they are pro-
gressing at normal levels.
In addition, there is a $675 million in-
crease to a total of $975 million to en-
sure that reading instruction is the
very first and most important and
paramount instruction that every child
gets.
There are options in this bill, options
for the children for the first time and
their parents. If a title I child attends
a public school that is ranked as fail-
ing, then where consistent with State
law, that child will have the oppor-
tunity to transfer to a public school
that is succeeding. For the first time,
title I funds will be used to allow trans-
portation of that student to ensure
their biggest problem, which is mobil-
ity, is overcome; and they can attend
the school that is public that is best
performing to meet their needs.
In addition, this program focuses on
flexibility. Historically, for years,
flexibility has been something local
systems have not had. As this debate
goes on, we will learn local systems
will now have up to 50 percent of their
own flexibility, flexibility at their own
volition.
The CHAIRMAN. Without objection,
the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. KIL-
DEE) will control the time on the Dem-
ocrat side.
There was no objection.
Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Chairman, I yield
myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Chairman, today's consideration
of H.R. 1 marks the end of many busy
and work-filled nights and weekends
over the past 4 months. I strongly be-
lieve that this bill enacts meaningful
bipartisan education reform by strik-
ing the right balance. Clearly from the
final resolution of issues in the re-
ported bill, we all gave some, and some
probably feel they gave too much. But
the result is a bipartisan bill.
Several provisions in the bill are es-
pecially worthy of mention. With re-
gard to title I, I am pleased that the
amendment protects and preserves8850
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