Walter B. Jones: “children in America are not getting the education they deserve. In my opinion, and in the opinion of many Americans…”

“children in America are not getting the education they deserve. In my opinion, and in the opinion of many Americans throughout this country, the situation has only gotten worse since the creation of the Federal Department of Education. Washington bureaucrats are a major part of the education problem. Washington keeps spending money on the schools, but the money spent, based on results, is not improving education. Taxpayer money is being wasted. The best way to support education in America is to give control to parents, not to Federal bureaucrats. With solutions like school choice and education savings accounts, parents will play a more active role in their children's education. The system, in turn, will be better. I trust parents in eastern North Carolina to make decisions for their children more than I trust bureaucrats in Washington, DC. When it comes to America's public schools, control should be in the hands of parents. Mr. Speaker, for the sake of the children, I hope my colleagues will support school choice and education savings accounts.”