Floor Speech from Congressman Messer on National School Choice Week

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize National School Choice Week, which has grown from 200 organizations and 150 events in 2011 to 500 organizations and more than 3,500 events this year.

National School Choice Week highlights the benefits of school choice and the need to provide meaningful choice options to students.  The school choice movement is based on one essential truth:  that when parents have a choice, kids have a chance.  School choice programs empower parents so that they can send their kids to schools that best meet their needs. 

As the former president of School Choice Indiana, I am proud of the more than 10,000 Hoosier children who have better opportunities because of Indiana’s school choice programs. These programs work, and I will work for their continued expansion as a member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Mr. Speaker, school choice is an idea that transcends ideology and party affiliation, providing opportunities that every child deserves. 

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.  I yield back the balance of my time.

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