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The Leader’s Floor Lookout: Week of March 20, 2023

Here’s what to watch for on the House Floor this week:

Protecting Parents’ Place in Education

Democrats continue to insert their woke policies into schools behind the backs of parents, while the government targets those who speak up.

Recently, some schools have gone so far as to not notify students of their national merit achievements in time for scholarship consideration or college applications in order to promote ‘equal outcomes’ after spending taxpayer dollars on equity consultants.
 

Under the Biden Administration, the Department of Justice and the FBI have been investigating parents who voice concerns about what is happening in their children’s schools. 

The government and school boards are trying to silence parents and remove them from education, while using taxpayer dollars to promote woke agendas in classrooms.

Parents have the right to transparency when it comes to their child’s education, to know how their taxpayer dollars are being used by schools, and to express their concerns to school boards without being silenced by the federal government.

Rep. Julia Letlow’s legislation, H.R. 5, the Parents Bill of Rights Act, protects a parent’s right to be involved in their child’s education and right to share their concerns about a school’s curriculum without fear of persecution.

House Republicans committed to protecting parents’ involvement in schools; now, they’re following through.

 


Denouncing Biden’s Veto of Bipartisan Legislation to Protect Retirement Funds

President Biden has a choice: cave to billionaire elites or support hard working taxpayers who just want to have the best retirement possible after decades of working and paying into the system.

Under the Biden Administration, the Department of Labor released a final rule encouraging financial managers to factor environmental, social, and governance (ESG) into investment decisions and even automatically enroll savers into ESG investments, affecting the retirement funds of more than 152 million Americans.

Financial managers should be focused on prioritizing maximum returns and retirement security for the American workers who depend on their 401(k)s for their retirement, not advancing Democrats’ woke ESG agenda with their money.

H.J. Res. 30, introduced by Rep. Andy Barr, blocks the Department of Labor’s rule green-lighting ESG investing in retirement plans by utilizing the Congressional Review Act’s expedited procedures to allow Congress to consider whether to block newly enacted federal rules.


Both the House and the Senate passed H.J. Res. 30 with bipartisan support – and still President Biden is expected to veto this common-sense legislation, putting politics above protecting the retirement funds of hardworking Americans.

House Republicans will keep fighting to overturn this rule allowing ESG investing and to make sure Americans are getting the best retirement they can, not the most woke.