Jason Chaffetz: “I want to correct the record there. I think, obviously, somebody misspoke. The House did not vote on vouchers in this…”

“I want to correct the record there. I think, obviously, somebody misspoke. The House did not vote on vouchers in this Congress. That is not what has happened. Mr. Chairman, I insert into the Record the letter we got from 500 families, D.C. residents, urging us in the adoption of this. House of Representatives, Washington, DC, October 20, 2015. Dear Representatives: We are a large and diverse number of parents of children attending various schools within the District of Columbia. We write to urge your support of the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Reauthorization Act (SOAR) (H.R. 10). The SOAR Act is bipartisan legislation which ensures our rights as parents to choose the best public, charter or private school for our children. It not only provides up to $20 million for Opportunity Scholarships for low-income families to attend private schools, but also authorizes an additional $40 million per year for public and charter schools in the District of Columbia. This three-sector initiative provides opportunities for all our children to succeed! Nearly 6,200 children from very low-income families in the city have attended private schools through the Opportunity Scholarship Program over the past eleven years--88% coming from areas zoned for schools in need of improvement and 97% African-American or Hispanic.…”