Pete Sessions: “Mr. Speaker, this is about a decision that this House is going to make to debate today, IDEA. That is what the vote on…”

“Mr. Speaker, this is about a decision that this House is going to make to debate today, IDEA. That is what the vote on the rule is about, are we going to proceed with regular order? I am in favor of what we are doing. I believe that the clay that we have put in front of us today will be a better model. We will rebuild IDEA and we will make it better than what it is today. As the parent of a child who will fall under IDEA, I can tell you obviously there are risks involved any time you get into a new circumstance. I am convinced beyond any reasonable doubt that the opportunity that this great body has to make IDEA better for every single student, for the teachers and the administrators who will work underneath these new processes and the students who come into contact with our children, will find that this will be a better way. We have learned from the last 7 years. We will learn on a going-forward basis. It is the right thing to do.”