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Selected Speeches and Congressional Testimony by the Secretary of Education

January - June, 1996

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.

June 4, 1996

• Here are Secretary Riley's June 4 remarks on America's HOPE Scholarships, the President's proposed middle-income tax cut for college. Also here you'll find a transcript of the June 4 White House press briefing and remarks by the President at Princeton University.

May 22, 1996

• On May 16, Deputy Secretary Kunin testified on "Management Improvement at the Department of Education" before the House Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations.

May 16, 1996

• On May 9, Secretary Riley testified before the House Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee on the U.S. Department of Education's FY 1997 budget request.

April 25, 1996

• On April 16 and 17, Assistant Secretaries from the Department of Education appeared before the House Labor-HHS-ED Appropriations Subcommittee to testify on the President's budget request for Fiscal Year 1997.

March 5, 1996

• On March 5, 1996 Secretary Richard W. Riley delivered testimony on the Fiscal Year 1996 Budget for the Department of Education to the Senate Subcommittee on Appropriations for Labor, Health & Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies.

February 28, 1996

• Third Annual State of American Education Address

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1994: July - December.