Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I rise today to support the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Reauthorization Act. Speaker Boehner led the Nation over 10 years ago when he provided flexibility to Washington, D.C., children and their parents through School Choice. I believe that School Choice is paramount to increasing educational gains for all children, but especially our Nation's students who are most in need. The SOAR Act gives scholarships to low-income students to attend a private school, providing them an opportunity to access a quality education that would otherwise be out of reach. School Choice has proven to be successful in Washington, D.C., as students using their scholarships have a 90 percent graduation rate compared to the 58 percent graduation rate for D.C. public schools in 2013 and 2014. We heard today that these statistics have been questioned, and we hope that the public schools are improving. But with this act would they actually be improving? I encourage my colleagues to stand up for School Choice by supporting the SOAR Act.”