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Investing in A New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America Act

Floor Speech

Date: June 30, 2020
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Education

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Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Missouri for yielding me time.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong opposition to H.R. 2.

The Democrats' school construction provisions in H.R. 2 will result in increased costs to taxpayers, increased costs to States and school districts, and crushing new requirements for the entire education community, all in exchange for limited grants to a handful of school districts.

What is worse, Democrats have inserted provisions of their radical Green New Deal in this bill to appease their far-left Members. Schools will be forced to comply with burdensome green requirements. The costs to comply with these requirements could exceed the funding schools are being offered.

This ill-advised bill also unnecessarily limits access to funds by charter schools, continuing Democrats' relentless assault on any educational option that provides families a lifeline out of a failing school.

H.R. 2 spends taxpayer dollars recklessly to advance bad ideas. This partisan bill is the wrong answer for students, teachers, and their communities.

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