But my friends. the President is saying in his roadmap that the American people should cut 44 percent of the vocational education money in this country and give it to the Pentagon. Is that the way we reach the America of our dreams? The President is saying that we should eliminate those special education pursuits that we provide to the newly immigrated. to Americas new immigrants. that we should eliminate that education. Can those new immigrants reach the America of Ronald Reagans dream when the programs that benefit them the most in their first days in this country are eliminated? I believe that almost every American understands that we must take young people from the streets. teach them literacy. teach them a job skill. get them a job and be sure they hang on to it. and yet the Presidents budget would take the main effort that is left in America to do that. the Job Corps. and cut it by 44 percent. and give that money to the Pentagon. I just submit to my colleague from New York and to my other colleagues here today that we all yearn to reach the America that Ronald Reagan and so many other fine Presidents have described during their State of the Union addresses. but we need a proper roadmap. and the Federal Government has to be a partner. not an oppressive. inefficient partner. but a legitimate. working. helpful partner if Americas people are to reach that great America that we know is out there.
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