Virginia Foxx: “House Resolution 392 provides for a structured rule providing for consideration of H.R. 2218, the Empowering Parents…”

“House Resolution 392 provides for a structured rule providing for consideration of H.R. 2218, the Empowering Parents Through Quality Charter Schools Act, and H.R. 1892, the Fiscal Year 2012 Intelligence Authorization Act. My colleagues on the House Education and the Workforce Committee and I have been working to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. H.R. 2218, Empowering Parents Through Quality Charter Schools, is just one of a series of bills the committee has considered this year. During committee consideration, this legislation received strong bipartisan support, including that of the committee's ranking Democrat member, George Miller. H.R. 2218 reauthorizes the charter school program and modernizes it by allowing the replication or expansion of high quality charter schools in addition to the creation of new charter schools. The charter school program is important to ensure that parents and students have choice in education. With this bill, the House Education and the Workforce Committee has begun the bipartisan process of reauthorizing ESEA, and I urge my colleagues in the full House to support this rule in favor of the bill. The rule also provides for consideration of H.R. 1892, the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012. Mr. Speaker, the intelligence community plays a vital role in our national security and defense.…”