[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 183 (Tuesday, October 19, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7042]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                             School Boards

  Mr. President, finally, I want to say this about a memorandum by the 
Attorney General, Merrick Garland, that Senator McConnell referred to 
earlier. He suggested that we are going after parents, that we want to 
somehow harass, intimidate, and arrest parents who are appearing before 
school boards.
  I went back to read this memorandum. It is very explicit.
  Those who engage in violent conduct at school board meetings are 
going to be stopped. They are violating the law, and they are violating 
the spirit of those meetings where communities come together and decide 
the fate and future of public education.
  I think the Attorney General is right, we should have safety in that 
environment, just as we demand it here on the floor of the U.S. 
Senate--nothing more and nothing less.
  I yield the floor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from South Dakota.