Steve Scalise: “Those schools already have access to the $150 billion that we sent the States that they haven't even already spent. If I…”

“Those schools already have access to the $150 billion that we sent the States that they haven't even already spent. If I gave you money to do something and you haven't even used all that money, you can't use that as an excuse for not doing it, and saying: I am waiting for you to give me more money, when you still have money remaining. And I agree with the gentleman on the school lunch program. The thing there is that we don't give a supplement to schools in normal times. These are not normal times. But in normal times, schools feed kids at lunch with the existing budgets they have. They don't wait for us to send extra money to them to feed the kids. If they are not educating the kids in the classroom, they are still taking that money. I haven't seen them rebate the money to those families in communities. So what are they doing with that money? If you bring the kids back and educate them safely in the classroom, which the protocols allow for in any community, high risk, low risk, if you have got a high outbreak, there are different ways to handle each community. The CDC has given them guidelines. The Academy of Pediatrics have given them guidelines. Some school systems have chosen not to follow them and leave the kids at home, but they are still taking the money. {time} 1400 There has never been a better argument for school choice and letting parents choose.…”