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

On June 19, 1997, Secretary Richard W. Riley appeared before the House Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning of the Committee on Education and the Workforce to testify on the "Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA)."

June 4, 1997

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

On April 29, 1997, Secretary Richard W. Riley appeared before the House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families of the Committee on Education and the Workforce to testify on "Voluntary National Tests for Reading and Math."

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

On April 17, Secretary Richard W. Riley addressed an audience at the National Forum: Attracting and Preparing Teachers for the 21st Century.

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

On April 9, 1997, Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education Gerald Tirozzi appeared before the House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families to testify on charter schools.
On April 9, 1997, Under Secretary Marshall S. Smith appeared before the House Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-ED Appropriations to testify on Management Improvements at the Department of Education.

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.
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.
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

On March 5, 1997, Secretary Richard W. Riley testified on the Administration's education proposals before the House Education and the Workforce Committee

February 27, 1997

On February 27, 1997, Secretary Richard W. Riley testified on the Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act before the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
On February 27, 1997, Judith E. Heumann, Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, testified on the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 before the House Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning.

February 25, 1997

On February 25, 1997: Patricia W. McNeil, Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education, testified on Adult Education and Literacy before the House Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training, and Life-Long Learning

February 18, 1997

On February 18, Secretary Riley delivered his Fourth Annual State of American Education Address from the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia.

February 6, 1997

In a February 6 press briefing Secretary Richard Riley made some remarks on the President's 1998 Budget submission to Congress.

February 5, 1997

On February 5, Under Secretary Marshall S. Smith made a statement before the Senate Budget Committee on the President's Fiscal Year 1998 Budget for Education.

January 30, 1997

On January 29, Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Judith E. Heumann, testified before the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee on the reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

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

On January 23, Richard W. Riley, U.S. Secretary of Education, spoke to a National PTA gathering in Washington DC on the Release of PTA National Standards for Parent/Family Involvement Programs.

Speeches from:

1996: January - June; July - December .

1995: January - June; July - December.

1994: July - December.

Last update March 25, 1998 (sjl).