Political Quotes

“I include in the Record another letter from Council of the Great City Schools pointing out that the bill does nothing to help urban school districts and communities provide the needed educational and transitional services for newly arriving students and families. Council of the Great City Schools, June 12, 2023. Hon. Virginia Foxx, Chairwoman, Committee on Education and Workforce, House of Representatives, Washington, DC. Hon. Bobby Scott, Ranking Member, Committee on Education and Workforce, House of Representatives, Washington, DC. Dear Chairwoman Foxx and Ranking Member Scott: For more than a century, urban schools have taken in children and families from other countries who came to the United States seeking a better life and who eventually served as the backbone of the country. The nation's Great City Schools seek to not only meet our legal obligations to provide educational services to whomever comes through our doors but to do everything we can in partnership with our local communities to make sure that newly arriving students and families are welcomed and prepared to give back to the country. In recent years, the nation's urban public schools have opened their doors to families from Afghanistan, Ukraine, Cuba, Haiti, Guatemala, Vietnam, Sudan, and many other countries as they were seeking refuge, freedom, and a better tomorrow.…”