[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 500]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      NATIONAL SCHOOL CHOICE WEEK

  (Mr. MESSER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MESSER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize National School 
Choice Week, which has grown from 200 organizations and 150 events in 
2011 to 500 organizations and more than 3,500 events this year.
  National School Choice Week highlights the benefits of school choice 
and the need to provide meaningful school options to students and 
families across this country. The school choice movement is based on 
one essential truth: that when parents have a choice, kids have an 
opportunity. School choice programs empower parents so they can send 
their kids to schools that best meet their needs.
  As the former president of School Choice Indiana, I am proud of the 
more than 10,000 Hoosier children who have better opportunities today 
because of Indiana's school choice programs. Those programs work, and I 
will work for their continued expansion as a member of the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce.
  Mr. Speaker, school choice is an idea that transcends ideology and 
party affiliation, providing opportunities that every child deserves.

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