A Responsible Budget That Invests In Essential Education Priorities May 19, 2000


THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary


For Immediate Release May 19, 2000



PRESIDENT CLINTON CALLS ON CONGRESS TO PASS A RESPONSIBLE BUDGET THAT INVESTS IN ESSENTIAL EDUCATION PRIORITIES
May 19, 2000

Today President Clinton will call on the Congress to pass a budget that invests in our schools while demanding more from them. In February the President sent the Congress a balanced and responsible budget that made for investments in key educational initiatives to raise standards, increase accountability, and invest in what works. The Congressional Republicans have passed a budget plan built on misguided priorities and insufficient resources. In order to pay for risky and fiscally irresponsible tax cuts, the Congressional Republican budget proposes to cut investments in domestic priorities $29 billion below the President's level, an average cut of 9 percent. The budget plan passed on a party-line vote by an appropriations subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives means the following for American education:

Moreover, the House and Senate have ignored the President's major education tax cuts:




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