Chip Roy: “I lend my thanks to the gentlewoman from North Carolina for her stewardship of the legislation we are addressing this…”

“I lend my thanks to the gentlewoman from North Carolina for her stewardship of the legislation we are addressing this week. I am offering this amendment because I believe it is critically important for parents to have the ultimate say in the education of their children. I first want to say that I support, as my colleague from Kentucky Mr. Massie does, eliminating the Department of Education altogether and leaving this to parents and the States. Frankly, I would prefer to just block grant dollars to the States and give them full control in the absence of actually eliminating the Department of Education, which my next amendment will address. If we are going to be operating in this framework, then we might as well ensure that parents at least can have the benefit of dollars getting to them directly to be able to do as they see fit to educate their children. The Parents Bill of Rights Act is designed to try to empower parents, give them the ability to see what their children are learning, see the curriculum. Despite the wailing and gnashing of teeth of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle with wild accusations of book banning-- which is completely inaccurate and devoid of fact--the fact is, we are trying to empower parents to be able to see what their children are learning.…”