Scalise: House Republicans Side With Families Against Union Bosses

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) delivered a speech on the House Floor in support of H.R. 5, the Parents Bill of Rights Act, and ​​joined Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), Education and Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), Rep. Julia Letlow (R-La.) and other members of the Republican Conference at a press conference following its passage in the House of Representatives. Leader Scalise slammed House Democrats for choosing union bosses over the rights of parents who want to protect their children and make sure they are getting the best education possible. Leader Scalise also emphasized that Republicans will continue to fight for parents' rights to be involved in their child's education.

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Highlight from the speech:

"The Biden Administration got concerned because the union bosses didn't want those parents to see what was going on. You had the Justice Department trying to tag parents as domestic terrorists for showing up at a school board meeting, for god's sake, because they cared about what was happening in their kids' schools," said Majority Leader Steve Scalise.

"It shouldn't have taken an act of Congress to give parents that right. But if it does, I am proud to stand with the parents and the kids against the union bosses who don't want the parents to have that right to care about their kids' education. For god's sake, we shouldn't have to be here doing this. The unions shouldn't be fighting this every step of the way, but it really shows you what they care about if they don't want parents to have these rights. And so thank goodness we have [Chairwoman] Virginia Foxx's committee, [Rep.] Julia Letlow's bill, members of Congress coming together and saying, 'The parents ought to have that ability.'"

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Highlight from the press conference:

"Here in Washington today, members of Congress had a choice to make: Do you stand with union bosses, or parents and their kids? There was no middle button to press. You either sided with the union bosses who don't want parents to see what's happening in the classroom, or you side with the parents and their kids. And all of us here today are proud to say we, as House Republicans, sided with parents having a right to be involved in their kids' education," said Majority Leader Steve Scalise.

"And if the Democrats are going to be too extreme, as they showed they are today, we're going to continue to fight for [parents] anyway. And let's have the Senate hear from parents all across America, let's have President Biden hear from parents all across America, and maybe they'll get the message. But in the meantime, we're going to keep fighting for them."