Katherine Clark: “I am the proud mom of three. Altogether, I have 36 cumulative school years under my belt, and I served on a school board…”

“I am the proud mom of three. Altogether, I have 36 cumulative school years under my belt, and I served on a school board for 6 of those fighting for parents and for kids. I speak from experience when I call on this Chamber to oppose the GOP's politics over parents act. Once again, the majority is showing us how out of touch they are with American families. They are obsessed with wokeism, even as they struggle to define what that even means, but let me tell you, parents in this country are wide awake. They wake up every day and do the best they can to provide for their families. They wake up and they want great schools where every single child can learn and excel. Parents want affordable childcare. They know that is the beginning of a great education. Right now parents are spending nearly a quarter of their family budget on childcare and that is when they can find it at all. Congress had a chance to cut those costs for families. Every single House Republican voted no. That is politics over parents. Parents know that building a better future means teaching our country's history. They know we have to address our teacher shortage, but demonizing educators, banning books like ``To Kill a Mockingbird,'' that is politics over parents. Parents know that taking care of a sick child shouldn't cost them their paychecks. They should not have to send that child to school sick because they don't have paid leave.…”