Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time to close. Mr. Speaker, we made a commitment to America, and delivering for parents is an important part of that promise. We must empower parents to be in the driver's seat with respect to their children's education. This isn't about banning books or politicizing education. How parents having a right to be informed about and involved in decisions regarding their own children's academic experience is being misconstrued by some is lost on me. Mr. Speaker, we did have a robust committee markup on this bill that I was part of. We were in committee markup, hearing and debating amendments on this bill, from 10:00 in the morning until 2:30 in the morning. In those many amendments, what I heard over and over again was: there is nothing to see here and that this bill is not necessary and that most schools in America are doing just fine. Well, most schools, Mr. Speaker, are not all schools. Our parents have a fundamental right to know what is happening in the classroom without having to file a public records request to find it. If things are going so well that our colleagues across the aisle believe that this bill is not needed, then they should stand and join Republicans in support of parents across America. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this rule and the underlying bill. The material previously referred to by Ms. Scanlon is as follows: An Amendment to H. Res. 241 Offered by Ms.…”