mr. chairman , before yielding to the gentleman from texas ( mr. cuellar ) xz4006570 , i yield myself such time as i may consume because he is going to address education . 
i would like to make it clear that education is one of those areas in our budget where we have made a decided improvement and have a notable advantage over the republican resolution . 
our budget resolution rejects their education cuts . 
our budget resolution provides $ 4.5 billion more for next year , 2006 , and over the next 5 years $ 41 billion more than their budget resolution . 
this kind of funding , this level of funding , can not only preserve current education programs such as vocational education , funded at $ 1.3 billion which the president and their resolution would simply exterminate , wipe out , it can also support increases in priority programs like special education . 
the additional funding we are providing can also help close the gap in funding for no child left behind , $ 12 billion below this year and next year below where it was authorized to be when the act was passed . 
our budget rejects the reconciliation instructions to the education committee calling for $ 21 billion in savings over 5 years . 
we do not know where that is coming from . 
we do not include the president 's student loan proposals that would raise loan fees . 
we do not end the students ' ability to consolidate their student loans at fixed interest rates . 
we do not eliminate perkins loans , for goodness sake , and we do not force colleges to repay prior perkins contributions . 
we do provide the funding to raise the pell grant , not just $ 100 every year for 5 years but $ 100 every year for 10 years . 
the bush administration and the gentleman from iowa ( mr. nussle ) xz4002980 and the republicans claim that is provided for , but that can only be funded in their budget through reconciliation ; that is , through taking it out of other student loan programs . 
we have a decidedly different approach to education , a much greater emphasis on education . 
it is one of those things in our budget which we have singled out as deserving of additional funding . 
even though we keep everything at the level of current services , a few things we plus-up to the detriment of other things , but education is one of those things we emphasize and plus-up . 
mr. chairman , i yield 2 1/2 minutes to the gentleman from texas ( mr. cuellar ) xz4006570 . 
