Political Quotes

“Madam Chair, I rise today in support of this amendment and applaud my friend and colleague, Representative Jeffries, for his leadership in the fight against this calloused administration and its efforts to roll back critical civil rights protections for millions of students across this country. Under Secretary DeVos' failed leadership, OCR has scuttled more than 1,200 civil rights complaints, hastily dismissing cases, closing investigations, and depriving students and families of justice. At the same time, the Education Department has taken one action after another to make schools less safe for Black and Brown students, queer and trans students, students with disabilities, and sexual assault survivors. The Department has rescinded critical Obama-era guidance intended to protect students from excessive disciplinary practices that disproportionately push out Black and Brown students and students with disabilities and exacerbate the school-to-prison pipeline. The agency has proposed rules that would make it harder for survivors of sexual violence to seek justice and easier for K-12 schools and universities to sweep these cases under the rug. Instead of ensuring that all students have access to quality education, she embraces and promotes private schools and voucher schemes that would funnel Federal funds to schools that explicitly discriminate against LGBTQ students, all while defanging the very office intended to enforce the law and do right by students and families.…”