Education
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., accused Republicans of jeopardizing the well-being of sexual misconduct victims while enabling discrimination against LGBTQ+ students.
“This is just an example of the narrow-minded agenda that they have, to take us back to the days when people were in the closet and afraid to be their true selves,” she said.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today Congresswomen Suzanne Bonamici and Rosa DeLauro introduced the Championing Honest and Responsible Transparency in Education Reform (CHARTER) Act, legislation that would amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to ensure funds made available under these Acts are not awarded to charter schools that enter into contracts with a for-profit entity for operating, overseeing, or managing the charter school.
Bonamici called out what she called the hypocrisy of Republicans who she said wouldn't denounce a video posted on former President Donald Trump's Truth Social platform that had Nazi language. The post was taken down the next day and the Trump campaign claimed it is not a campaign video but rather a random online video reposted by a staffer who did not see the phrase.
In her opening statement, Democrat Suzanne Bonamici of Oregon said, "Many of my colleagues claim to care about the rise of antisemitism in this country, but when white supremacists marched in Charlottesville, Va., with burning torches and chanting, 'Jews will not replace us,' the president at the time, Donald Trump, said there were very fine people on both sides."