Excerpt from Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Fiscal Year 1994, Vol. 2: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session; (Pages 1-1122) It is a pleasure, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, to be here again and to have this opportunity to testify in support of President Clinton's first budget for the Department of Education. Let me begin by saying that in the development of this budget we faced the same difficulties that I know confront the members of this committee every year, and that is how to make needed in vestments in the education of our people while recognizing the lim its created by the Federal budget deficit. As reflected in your open ing comments, these are problems we have to deal with. We have made some tough decisions in education, but I believe the result is a responsible budget that effectively balances targeted investments with deficit reduction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.