Restoring Our Fundamental Rights as Parents Dear John, I continue to hear from many of you and families across the 8th congressional district who are concerned with the direction many on the Left are trying to push our country. Worse, there are some who are pushing their out-of-touch agendas and woke indoctrination inside our classrooms and onto our students. We need to reject this dangerous movement. As the father of six children, I was proud to champion the “Parents Bill of Rights Act” that passed Congress earlier today. The legislation we passed would restore our fundamental right as parents to have a say in the education of our children by: - Mandating curricular transparency
- Requiring that parents have a regular opportunity to provide feedback to teachers and board members
- Ensuring public disclosure of school and district budgets
- Strengthening privacy protections for children and requiring schools to notify parents when violent activity takes place on school grounds
Every child deserves a good education, and every parent deserves to have a say in their child’s education. We shouldn’t want it any other way. Read more about the Parents Bill of Rights here. |
DFL Passes Bill that Undermines Parents, Hurts Children At about 5 a.m. this morning – the Minnesota DFL passed a partisan bill making Minnesota a “Trans Refuge State” that undermines parental rights and offers no guardrails to protect our children. According to a recent poll, two-thirds of Minnesotans oppose same sex operations for children. But DFL legislators don’t care. The DFL believes they, not parents, know best and the bill they just passed in the dark of the night actually allows kidnapping and the surgical mutilation of children. It is tragic what the DFL is doing to Minnesota and we need to fight back. Click here to read more. |
Ending the War on American Energy From the gas station to the grocery store, Minnesotans are feeling the pain of living in a Joe Biden economy anchored in skyrocketing inflation and an unaffordable cost of living. Biden’s war on American energy is costly on all of us! One way we can reduce energy costs and create jobs is through our Lower Energy Costs Act legislation that unleashes the full power of our energy and minerals, cutting permitting delays, creating jobs, growing our economy and dealing a blow to China and Russia. As chair of the House Natural Resource’s Energy & Minerals committee, I am proud to help draft this legislation that would reform the mine permitting process and help ensure America's energy and critical mineral dominance! Click here to watch my interview on Capitol Report. |
CD-8 Happy Hour and Convention Next Weekend As many of you know, I have spent much of February and March traveling around the district and visiting with numerous Republican BPOU conventions. Next weekend is the CD-8 convention and I wanted to make sure you join us at the Elephant Social Hour from 7-9 p.m., next Friday, March 31 at the Craguns Lakeside Dining Room in Brainerd. The CD-8 convention is Saturday, April with registration at 8 a.m. and the gavel-in at 10 a.m. I look forward to seeing you next weekend! Have a great weekend! |
