[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 62 (Monday, April 7, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H1445]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        HANDS OFF OUR EDUCATION

  (Ms. STANSBURY asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. STANSBURY. Mr. Speaker, I rise tonight to say to our President 
and to his administration: Hands off our education, hands off our 
teachers, hands off our students, and hands off our schools. Last week, 
the Department of Education sent a letter to thousands of public 
schools across the country asking them to certify that they would end 
programs promoting diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility or 
they would have their Federal funding cut.
  Let us be clear. This is a direct attack on our communities on whose 
histories, whose cultures, whose languages, and whose communities 
count.
  Last week, we met with the Secretary of Education and hand delivered 
a letter calling on the administration to end these attacks on our 
schools, on our communities, on Tribal communities, and our education 
system.
  We will continue to fight back because we cannot stand with a country 
that is attacking our students.
  Mr. Speaker, I say to our President: Hands off our schools, hands off 
our students, and hands off our communities.

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