Rep. Ted Lieu calls out the Republican Party

Here's why Rep. Ted Lieu called out the Republican Party ...

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00:00Republicans voted no on an amendment to remove lead pipes from schools.

00:04Republicans voted no on an amendment to ensure kids have access to healthy meals.

00:09Republicans voted no on an amendment to help keep firearms out of schools.

00:13Republicans voted no on an amendment to prevent schools from monitoring students' menstrual cycles.

00:19Republicans also voted no on an amendment to prevent the censorship of the teaching of the Holocaust.

00:25Last term, when Democrats were in control, we put people over politics and passed a bipartisan

00:32infrastructure law to rebuild your roads, bridges, and highways, to take lead out of water pipes,

00:39and to put broadband internet everywhere, from rural areas to cities to suburbs and everywhere

00:46in between. This year, when Republicans took control of the House, what did they do? They

00:53spent the enormous resources of their committee staff and the time and attention of their members

00:58to hold not one, but two hearings complaining about Twitter. They also took turns to read

01:05United States Constitution on the House floor. How does that help you, the American people?

01:11It doesn't. But it's worse than that. Republicans are actually trying to now pass extreme bills

01:18that are going to actively harm American families. This week, we're going to vote on a bill that's

01:26going to make it easier for books to be banned at schools. It is also going to violate the privacy

01:33rights of students. Because if your child unfortunately has an eating disorder, or is

01:40cyberbullied, or is harassed, or is bullied, that information is going to have to be posted on a

01:47public website that the school has. And every other student, every parent is going to know

01:53that this is happening at the school. That's an outrageous violation of privacy.