On the recordMarch 10, 2021
Just over 1 year ago, we entered a COVID crackdown. Businesses and schools shut their doors-- some of them, sadly, for good. Communities across the Nation continue to feel this pain. For more than 365 days, far too many of our Nation's school children have been confined to virtual learning--forced to sit at home behind a computer instead of a classroom. The implications of students being left out of the classroom are much bigger than parents being inconvenienced or students missing their friends. Every day that we wait to reopen our schools is another day we look the other way as youth mental health continues to plummet. Every day we wait to reopen our schools is another day our students fall behind. Mr. Speaker, allowing American school children to return to the classroom is long overdue. It is time to listen to the science. It is time to put the students first. And it is time to reopen our schools. ____________________
