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Selected Speeches and Congressional Testimony by the Secretary of Education

July 1997 - December 1997

These are transcripts of selected speeches and congressional testimony prepared for delivery by the Education Secretary and other senior ED officials. The Secretary's speeches are provided by the Office of Public Affairs. The Secretary's congressional testimony is provided by the Office of Legislation and Congressional Affairs and the remarks of Department senior staff are provided by their respective offices.

December 16, 1997

• Secretary Riley spoke at the Improving America's Schools Conference in Washington, D.C.

December 15, 1997

• Transcript of Secretary Riley's Internet Chat on Human Rights With Middle and High School Students

October 28, 1997

• October 28, 1997:  Secretary Richard Riley testified before the Senate Budget Committee Education Task Force on the role of federal funding in education.

September 23, 1997

• Secretary Riley described elements of "a new American consensus...about how to improve education" in a September 23, 1997, speech at the National Press Club (Washington, D.C.), where he also released a new report, "What Really Matters in American Education."

September 18, 1997

• September 18, 1997: Acting Deputy Secretary Marshall Smith testified at a hearing of the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training, and Life-Long Learning of the House Education & the Work Force Committee on the William D. Ford Direct Loan Consolidation Program.

September 4, 1997

• September 4, 1997 Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley appeared before the Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Education of the Senate Appropriations Committee to testify on the national testing initiative.

July 15, 1997

• On July 15, 1997 Special Assistant to the Secretary Terry Dozier testified before the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Lifelong Learning of the House Committee on Education and the Work Force. Ms. Dozier focused on advancing the teacher work force.

Speeches from:

1997: January - June.

1996: January - June; July - December .

1995: January - June; July - December.

1994: July - December.