[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 12 (Wednesday, January 19, 2022)]
[House]
[Pages H229-H230]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             CONCERNED PARENTS ARE NOT DOMESTIC TERRORISTS

  (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, concerned parents have a God-given right 
to make decisions for their child's best interests, not the Federal 
Government, the Biden administration, or teachers' unions.
  Yet, Education Secretary Cardona colluded with private parties to get 
the FBI to investigate concerned parents and worked with the National 
School Boards Association to brand the concerned parents involved as 
domestic terrorists.

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  In the infamous letter which the Secretary solicited from the 
National School Boards Association, he suggested using the PATRIOT Act 
and that the FBI should begin investigating concerned parents at school 
board meetings. The letter had nothing to do with curriculum. The topic 
was how to vilify and target parents that disagreed with the narrative.
  Secretary Cardona has repeatedly denied involvement in the letter, 
but recently released documents have exposed the truth. These actions 
show a clear pattern that puts politics over the interests of the 
parents and especially their children and their education.
  Parents are right to be concerned about their kids being taught 
radical ideologies or being exposed to inappropriate materials. Every 
parent in the Nation, regardless of ideology, should be alarmed that 
the Federal Government is trying to strip away their rights and use 
these underhanded methods to try to silence them.

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