House Proceeding 04-24-07 on Apr 24th, 2007 :: 1:36:08 to 1:39:45
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Peter Welch: had an amendment to propose they had to do it in a timely way. madam speaker, i inquire of the gentleman, we have no more speakers. we have one more speaker. i yield two minutes to the member from

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: texas. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas for two minutes. ms. johnson: thank you very much, madam speaker. let me thank our leaders on the committee. this is a very important

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Speech By: Eddie Bernice Johnson

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: bill. it's most especially for me for the last 15 years that i have been here i have been preaching about this. so i rise in strong support of h.r. 362 for 10,000 teachers and 10 million

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: minds in sigh ens, math, and scholarship act. the committee on science and technology has worked to produce legislation to act upon the recommendations of the rising above the gathering

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: storm, which was published by the national academy of sciences. and the bill addresses the issues that they recommended to improve the quality and number of math and science teachers across the

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: nation. of particular interest to me is the norris teacher scholarship program. this program provides grants to universities to give scholarships to math, science, and engineering students who

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: become math and science teachers. original law stated that for every one year the scholarship was awarded, new teachers must spend two years teaching in a high need school. this high need

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: school service requirement was softened by h.r. 362. i'm pleased the chairman agreed to modify the bill in conference to resolve and restore incentives for teachers who serve in high need schools.

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: we are losing so many students because they are from poor communities. the new design will provide many -- more money per scholarship for teachers who agree to teach in underserved classrooms. this

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: incentive will hopefully entice passionate and high quality scholars to share their talents with students most in need. i want to commend the chairman's sensitivity to the great disparates that

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: exist -- disparities that exist in schools across the country. as a matter of fact in my district we have the number one high school in the country in this area, but not without a great deal

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: of effort. could i ask for another minute? mr. welch: an extra minute. ms. johnson: thank you very much. subcommittee chair, where i was ranking member for about six years, mr. baird, and

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: ranking member dr. gingrey of the research and science education subcommittee, has been great advocates for lessening the achievement gap as well. h.r. 362 also contains a laboratory science partnership

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: pilot program that i have worked with representative hinojosa of texas and he's been a strong advocate, because there are many need schools that don't have equipment. overall, madam speaker,

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: this legislation is designed to strengthen our nation's scientific competitiveness by producing thousands of talented and well educated math and science teachers. that is the only way we are going

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: to remain competitive in this country. and i urge my colleagues to vote in favor of h.r. 362. i thank you, madam speaker. i yield back the balance. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: washington. mr. hastings: thank you, madam speaker. i have no more requests for time. i ask my friend if he has any more requests for time before i yield back. mr. welch: no, i don't. mr. hastings:

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Doc Hastings: we have had a discussion on the structure of this rule and i just want to ask this question of my friend from vermont. and i'll be more than happy to yield to him. this bill will be debated

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Speech By: Doc Hastings