Press Release: Norton Releases Her House Floor Remarks on Education Investments in President Biden’s Build Back Better Act

News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton

October 28, 2021

Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols

WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) spoke on the House floor to highlight how the President’s Build Back Better bill focuses on education.

Norton’s brief remarks follow.

October 28, 2021

Madam Speaker, as the daughter of a public school teacher, an essential and prized profession, I never expected to see a shortage of 100,000 teachers. It is catastrophic, especially now when children are being vaccinated and returning to in-person learning. The teacher shortage adds urgency to President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda, which features teacher residences and grow-your-own programs to improve outcomes and develop more teachers of color.

As a ranking member who helped write the pending infrastructure bill, I particularly applaud the Build Back Better agenda’s investments in upgrading school infrastructure with resilient, energy-efficient buildings enriched with technology and the labs students need for the jobs of the future.

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