David Weldon: “I rise in support of this underlying rule and in support of the underlying bill. This is the first full week of school…”

“I rise in support of this underlying rule and in support of the underlying bill. This is the first full week of school in many areas of our country. In Florida, where I come from, they went back into school in August, but for millions of Americans things are really getting underway right now and they are being faced by significant costs. Particularly I want to address the people who have their children in public school. Many of these families have to buy gym clothes, as the gentleman from Washington State mentioned. Some of them have to pay yearbook fees, they have to pay fees for new software, lots of additional fees. I had one parent with two kids in public school tell me that they were out several hundred dollars in cheerleading fees and other fees. Obviously for people who have their children in private school, this is a much greater expense. What this debate is really about is are we going to allow the same thing for K through 12 and why not?”