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Selected Speeches and Congressional Testimony by the Secretary of Education

January - June, 1998

These are transcripts of selected speeches and Congressional testimony prepared for delivery by the Education Secretary and other senior ED officials and provided by the Office of Public Affairs (OPA).

June 10, 1998

• On June 10, Acting Deputy Secretary Marshall S. Smith appeared before the Government Management, Information and Technology Subcommittee of the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee to testify on the Department of Education's Year 2000 Efforts.

June 9, 1998

• On June 9, 1998, Secretary Riley spoke at the Safe and Drug Free Schools Conference on Reconnecting with Our Children and Keeping Them Safe.

March and April, 1998

• During March and April of 1998, Secretary Riley and other top Education Department officials appeared before the House and Senate Subcommittees on Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations to testify on the Education Department's fiscal year 1999 Budget Request

February 17, 1998

• On February 17, Secretary Riley delivered his Fifth Annual State of American Education Address from the Nathan Eckstein Middle School in Seattle, Washington.

February 5, 1998

• On February 5, 1998, Secretary Richard Riley spoke to the American Institute of Architects in Washington, D.C.

February 2, 1998

• On Monday, February 2, 1998, U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley made a statement on President Clinton's 1999 Education Budget Request.

January 8, 1998

• Secretary Riley spoke at the Conference of American Mathematical Society and Mathematical Association of America on "The State of Mathematics Education: Building a Strong Foundation for the 21st Century."

Speeches from:

1997: January - June; July - December.

1996: January - June; July - December .

1995: January - June; July - December.

1994: July - December.