[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 53 (Thursday, March 23, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H1336]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           WHAT PARENTS WANT

  (Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida. Mr. Speaker, today, I rise as a mother 
who went to many parent-teacher meetings and a few sessions with the 
principal, and a grandmother who just loves to see my own child's 
engagement in my grandchildren's education.
  Today, the Congressional Republicans are mimicking my home State, 
Florida's extreme, rightwing, cruel policies.
  Alarmingly and sadly, in Florida, today, lawmakers are banning books. 
They are threatening to jail teachers. They are bullying LGBTQ+ 
students, and they are suppressing history.
  In Florida, a teacher can actually go to jail for putting a book 
about Rosa Parks or the Holocaust on a child's table. Teachers can be 
fined for comforting a gay child who is being teased for her gender. 
Schools can lose funding if they promote diversity or they teach Black 
history.
  Really?
  Mr. Speaker, parents want guns banned. They want their children to 
feel nurtured. They want their teachers to be paid well.

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