Jim Jordan: This Single Issue Will Tell You If A Politician Is Good On All The Others

At a Republican press briefing, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) promoted school choice legislation.

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00:00Thank you. Thank you. Now, Representative Jim Jordan. Thank you, Senator. First

00:05institution the good Lord put together wasn't the church, wasn't the state, it

00:09was moms and dads and kids. Frankly, the strength of that institution, I think,

00:13determines the strength of our entire culture. Byron is exactly right. This

00:16legislation empowers moms and dads, not the government. It gives the choice to

00:22parents, not bureaucrats. I remember we debated this in Ohio 30 years ago. First

00:27school choice program we did in Cleveland. People say, oh Jim, you think

00:31some single mom in welfare who maybe didn't graduate herself from

00:35high school can make a decision about where her son or daughter can go to

00:39school over the bureaucrats in the Department of Education or in the State

00:42Department. I said, yes, I do. I sure do. At least they know the kid's name, right?

00:48They care more about that individual than anyone else. Of course we want to empower

00:51them. That is what this legislation does. Empowering moms. I've said all along, when

00:55we get into politics and recruiting candidates, everything else, I said, tell

00:58me where you stand on school choice. If they're good on school choice, they're

01:01good on every other issue. You think moms and dads are best equipped to pick

01:05where their kids go to school? You're gonna be good on tax cuts because you want

01:08moms and dads have more of their money to go after their goals and dreams and

01:11help their kids. That is the defining issue. You want someone good to run for

01:14office? Find out where they are on school choice. And if they're therefore

01:18empowering parents, they're gonna be good. They're gonna be good. And this

01:22legislation does. You know why the left hates it? Because it doesn't empower

01:26government. They don't like, I tell people the big beautiful bill is a good

01:29bill and you know it's a good bill because the left hates it. Because it

01:32gives parents more of their money to chase after their goals and dreams.

01:35Gives them the choice to pick where their kid goes to school. Imagine that. Left

01:38can't have that. No, no, no. It's all about empowering government. This is good. And as

01:42the senator said, this is the issue. Because it determines everything else. If you get

01:47this when you get all the other things. So I appreciate the work that so many of

01:51these guys. Burgess has been working. Tim chairs the committee. All these, all the

01:55folks who've worked on this and all of you. You're out there fighting it every

01:59day. Like, God bless you all. This is, this is good. And if we get this done, we get

02:04this done, this will be, this will be big for our, for our country, for our great

02:09country. I now recognize the chairman of the education committee, Mr. Wahlberg, and he's a

02:13great guy even though he's from Michigan.