A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n
Selected Speeches and Congressional Testimony by the Secretary of Education
January - June, 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.
June 19, 1997
June 4, 1997
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Remarks of Secretary Richard Riley and Judith E. Heumann, Assistant Secretary for the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, at the President's signing of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
May 16, 1997
- Statement by Patricia W. McNeil, Assistant secretary for Vocational and Adult Education on Adult Education and Literacy before the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee.
April 29, 1997
April 24, 1997
- Statement by Patricia W. McNeil, Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education on Vocational Education be fore the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee.
April 17, 1997
April 16, 1997
- On April 16, 1997, Secretary Richard W. Riley appeared before the Senate Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-ED Appropriations to
testify on the FY 1998 Budget Request
for the Department of Education.
April 9, 1997
March 13, 1997
- On March 13, 1997, Marshall S. Smith, Under Secretary, appeared before the House Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-ED Appropriations to
testify on the President's fiscal year 1998 budget request for Education Research, Statistics and Improvement.
- On March 13, 1997, Thomas R. Bloom, Inspector General, appeared before the House Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-ED Appropriations to
testify on the President's fiscal year 1998 budget request for the Office of Inspector General.
- On March 13, 1997, Tuck Tinsley, III, President of the American Printing House for the Blind; I. King Jordan, President of
Gallaudet University; and Robert R. Davila, Vice President of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Rochester Institute of Technology, appeared before the House Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-ED Appropriations to testify on the President's fiscal year 1998 budget request for these Special Institutions for the Disabled.
March 12, 1997
- On March 12, 1997, Patricia W. McNeil, Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education, appeared before the House Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-ED Appropriations to testify on the President's fiscal year 1998 budget request for Vocational and Adult Education and School-to-Work Opportunities Programs.
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On March 12, 1997, Judith E. Heumann, Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitation Services, appeared before the House Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-ED Appropriations to testify on the President's fiscal year 1998 budget request for Special Education and Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research.
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On March 12, 1997, David Longanecker, Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education, appeared before the House Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-ED Appropriations to testify on the President's fiscal year 1998 budget request for Postsecondary Education Programs.
March 11, 1997
- On March 11, 1997, Richard W. Riley, Secretary of Education, appeared before the House Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-ED Appropriations to testify on the President's fiscal year 1998 budget request for the Department of Education.
- On March 11, 1997, Delia Pompa, Director of the Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs, appeared before the House Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-ED Appropriations to testify on the President's fiscal year 1998 budget request for Bilingual and Immigrant Education.
- On March 11, 1997, Gerald N. Tirozzi, Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education, appeared before the House Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-ED Appropriations to
testify on the President's fiscal year 1998 budget request for Elementary and Secondary Education.
March 5, 1997
February 27, 1997
February 25, 1997
February 18, 1997
February 6, 1997
February 5, 1997
January 30, 1997
January 27, 1997
- On January 27, Secretary Richard W. Riley made some remarks to the National School Boards Association 24th Annual Federal Relations Network Conference.
January 23, 1997
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1996: January - June; July - December
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1995: January - June; July - December.
1994: July - December.
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Last update March 25, 1998 (sjl).