[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 193 (Wednesday, November 3, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H6167]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    NATIONALIZED ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Madam Speaker, one of the many concerning provisions in 
the Democrat's reconciliation bill is nationalization of our elementary 
schools.
  The new childcare provisions drastically expand Federal oversight of 
schools, allowing the Biden administration to determine the education 
standards for three- to four-year-olds, and places no limit on what 
additional requirements Democrats can impose upon each States' primary 
education system.
  This bill also delegitimizes family and faith-based education, by 
limiting funded preschool options to only facilities which teach 
curriculum that the Biden administration approves of.
  The Secretary of Education recently told Congress that parents were 
not ``the primary stakeholder'' in ``determining educational 
programming.'' Really? This means Democrats believe government knows 
better than what parents think is right for their children.
  Allowing the nationalization of elementary schools will further 
politicize what our kids are being taught, such as divisive ideologies, 
like critical race theory, or exposed to very inappropriate 
instructional materials that I can't speak of here.
  Madam Speaker, I cannot support a bill that would hand over more of 
our powers to the government, in an era where too many freedoms have 
already been relinquished.

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