[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 200 (Wednesday, November 17, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H6348]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              PARENTS HAVE A RIGHT TO VOICE THEIR OPINIONS

  (Mr. ROSENDALE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. ROSENDALE. Madam Speaker, I rise to condemn Merrick Garland 
targeting parents who express their views on how their children are 
educated.
  Recently, parents have risen up to voice their opposition to schools 
indoctrinating their children with critical race theory, but Merrick 
Garland won't stand for folks exercising their parental rights.
  Merrick Garland testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee that 
he didn't think parents getting angry at school boards constitute 
domestic terrorism, and that he could not imagine a circumstance where 
they would be labeled as domestic terrorism.
  Despite this, it is now clear Garland has weaponized the FBI's 
counterterrorism division against concerned parents, using threat tags 
to label and surveil them as domestic terror threats.
  Parents have a right and an obligation to voice their opinion on how 
their children are educated, and I wholeheartedly agree critical race 
theory has no place in our classrooms.
  Weaponizing the FBI against concerned parents is dangerous and an 
absolute disgrace.
  Merrick Garland must resign immediately. Thank God he isn't on the 
Supreme Court.

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