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Providing for Consideration of H.R. Crucial Communism Teaching Act, and Providing for Consideration of H.R. Prove It Act of 2024

Floor Speech

Date: Dec. 4, 2024
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. ALFORD. Mr. Speaker, I thank the chairman for this opportunity.

Mr. Speaker, in the words of Yogi Berra, this is like deja vu all over again. It was just last year that I was here in this very spot debating the ranking member over the evils of socialism, and now we have graduated to communism.

I rise today, Mr. Speaker, in strong support of my colleague, Congresswoman Salazar's, bill, H.R. 5349, the Crucial Communism Teaching Act.

Communism has a dark and dangerous history of political violence, oppression, and abuse that continues to be swept under the rug by foreign actors infiltrating the American education systems.

From the Soviet Union, Cuba, China, and beyond, communist regimes consistently demonstrate a callous disregard for human life and dignity.

The Chinese Communist Party is actively trying to dismantle American classrooms and cover up the atrocities of past regimes in K-12 schools and college campuses.

More than 500 K-12 schools across our Nation have allowed the CCP to creep into school hallways, making its way into our children's curriculums under the disguise of Confucius Classrooms.

Make no mistake, Mr. Speaker. This is not education. This is indoctrination.

Nearly one-fifth of the world's population is still under this oppressive system of government, yet our youth are being manipulated to blindly follow this corrosive influence of communism.

It should be alarming to our friend from Massachusetts and to every person in America, especially parents, that 28 percent of Gen Z hold a favorable view of the term ``communism.'' Nineteen percent of Gen Z are favoring dictatorship as the best political system.

It is no surprise communism's modern-day manifestation, TikTok, with Communist-backed owners, holds influence over Gen Z.

We cannot allow our schools to become breeding grounds for Communist and Marxist ideologies and anti-American sentiment, Mr. Speaker. As President Reagan once said: ``Freedom is only one generation away from extinction.''

Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to defend our Nation's values, reject the forces of oppression, and protect our children by supporting H.R. 5349.

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