Political Quotes

“Mr. President, first, let me talk a little about the Luke and Alex School Safety Act. The Luke and Alex School Safety Act of 2020 is named in memory of Luke Hoyer and Alex Schachter, who tragically lost their young lives on February 14, 2018, in the attack at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL. Luke's parents, Tom and Gena Hoyer, and Alex's father, Max Schachter, turned their tragedy into positive action by dedicating their lives to promoting noncontroversial, commonsense school safety measures so that others don't have to experience tragedies like they have. Both Tom and Max testified before my committee on July 25, 2019, and presented their recommendations for improving school safety. One of their recommendations was to create a Federal clearinghouse of school safety best practices that schools, teachers, and parents can use as a tool to improve a school's safety posture in a way that best suits that school's community and needs. Our committee turned this commonsense recommendation into the Luke and Alex School Safety Act of 2020 and passed it unanimously, with bipartisan support, on November 6, 2019. Even though the bill had only cleared our committee, the Department of Homeland Security agreed that it was such a good idea that it actually created and launched this clearinghouse in February of 2020.…”