This bill eliminates funding for technology in the classroom in lowincome school districts. it eliminates funding for teacher training. and it even eliminates funding to ensure that our children can read before the end of the third grade. However. to just discuss the inadequacies of this bill on our elementary school aged children would not be a fair summarization of the destructive nature of this piece of legislation. This appropriations bill attempts at its very essence. to provide budget cuts off the backs of the poor. the immigrant and the laborer. H.R. 4274 if passed would eliminate federal subsidized funding for 4.4 million of the poorest households to pay for their heat during the winter months. this bill if passed would cut federal funding for bilingual education by $25 million which would reduce funding for adequate teacher training. this bill if passed would even cut OSHA workplace safety enforcement by $12 million which would result in 4.000 fewer workplace safety inspections in 1999. The role of government is debated each day on the floor of this House. in our committee rooms. and in our districts but we all can agree that our mandate is to serve the people.
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