Virginia Foxx: “I want to say again that the approach our colleagues want to take is to spend more money. Ms. Solas, who I mentioned…”

“I want to say again that the approach our colleagues want to take is to spend more money. Ms. Solas, who I mentioned earlier; Mr. Smith, who was mentioned earlier; and others, they certainly did not have the right to peacefully speak to their school boards and get responses, so that is not going to happen under the Democrats' amendment. We also are not mean, and again, we do not ban books. We do not condone the banning of books. We think, again, that the substitute presents the perfect picture of Republicans' and Democrats' approaches to parent engagement. Democrats believe protecting parents' rights means spending more taxpayer dollars to impose a top-down vision. Republicans believe in giving parents real power to secure the best education possible for their children. Madam Chair, I reserve the balance of my time as I believe I have the right to close.”