Biden + Harris 2020

He introduced the Protecting Our Students in Schools Act (H.R. 8460), which would prohibit corporal punishment in schools.

She introduced the Supporting Teachers with Residency Opportunities and New Grants (STRONG) Act, which would support educator pipeline programs like teacher residencies.

They led 20 of their colleagues in a letter asking CDC Director Robert Redfield to begin collecting and publishing data to track the spread of COVID-19 in schools and help develop best practices for safely reopening schools for in-person classes.

They sent Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) a letter protesting the rush to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court.

They have announced they will not meet privately with Judge Barrett because doing so would legitimize rushing to replace Justice Ginsburg when the Senate should instead be rushing to provide COVID-19 relief.

She gave an eloquent and impassioned speech about everything that’s wrong with the GOP’s rush to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court created by Justice Ginsburg’s death.

He introduced the Keeping Schools Safe Act, which authorizes the Secretary of Education to award $1 billion in grants to improve indoor air quality in schools using proven technologies—like air filtration, ventilation, and air purification—to help limit the spread of the COVID-19.