Xavier Becerra: “Mr. Chairman, this is a perfect example of why this legislation is premature. We are trying to craft legislation on the…”

“Mr. Chairman, this is a perfect example of why this legislation is premature. We are trying to craft legislation on the floor of the House. That is why we have committee processes and that is why we take deliberative time and witnesses' testimony to know where we go with this legislation. We are not there yet. That has been the complaint of a number of us. Not that we do not want to see changes, but let us do them right. We are about to enact law. We do not have time to say we just passed the law, can we just tweak it a little bit more? You cannot do that. That is not the way a deliberative body works. Secondly, this amendment offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. Riggs) actually tries to impose upon the local school districts, usurp local control by telling a local school district, which went to court and found that the court agreed with it, that it must continue its current programs. This amendment would say to that local school district: 'You cannot do that. We high and mighty up here in Washington, D.C. have decided you cannot do that.' That does not to me seem like local control.”