[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 24, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H269]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                      NATIONAL SCHOOL CHOICE WEEK

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, I stand tonight to offer my support for the 
National School Choice Week.
  Our public education system is in dire need of reform. School 
administrators seem to prioritize indoctrinating students with critical 
race theory and other leftwing ideology, not even actually teaching 
them reading, writing, or math.
  As a result, our students' scores in these subjects are far below 
other nations in the past. Schools are clearly failing to prepare our 
children for success. Instead, they are hiding their agenda from 
parents who have a right to know.
  Parents have the right to know and they only want the best for their 
children. They want to put them in better schools and they want to have 
the choice to do so. National School Choice Week gives parents the 
option and flexibility to place their children in an institution that 
best fits the child's needs and their values.
  It is a simple, popular solution to fix our failing public education 
system. School choice will incentivize public schools to compete for 
each student by offering a quality education that will improve their 
prospects for future success.
  If the public education system doesn't work for students, it is time 
to reform it so that it does.

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