Political Quotes

“Madam Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Chair, I rise today in support of my amendment that would restrict radical gender ideology and pornographic content from entering the libraries and classrooms of schools operated by the Department of Defense. These morally corrupting materials have no place in an educational setting and could seriously harm the educational and psychological development of school children belonging to our servicemembers. Oftentimes, DOD schools are the only option that servicemembers have to educate their children, and we must ensure they have the resources to prepare them for success in their future careers and society. Yet, radical leftists desire to use schools as a tool to indoctrinate our children as soon as they enter kindergarten. I wish they were all just theoretical, but there exists a litany of examples of inappropriate and pornographic material that is available in DOD schools. Much of the material is far too graphic for me to read verbatim here on the House floor, but one example includes the book ``Gender Queer,'' which includes explicit imagery of explicit acts. In some DOD middle schools, young children are able to access a book called ``Middle School's a Drag,'' which is a story about a 12-year-old boy who starts a talent agency for child drag queen performers.…”