Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, R-Wis., told Newsmax on Thursday that the Parents Bill of Rights being considered in Congress is all about “transparency” when it comes to what children are being taught in public schools.

“This is something that originated in the last Congress,” Fitzgerald said during an appearance on Newsmax’s “American Agenda.” “As a member of the Judiciary Committee, one of the things that Chairman Jim Jordan [R-Ohio] and a lot of the members suddenly were made aware of was that Merrick Garland, the attorney general, was part of a conversation that happened between the National Teachers Union, the White House and then, ultimately, the AG’s office.

“They laid out the premise to not only brand parents as terrorists, but to begin a process to try and, I would say, intimidate or interrogate, eventually, the situations that existed.

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