HuffPost reached out to all eight Democrats who voted for the bill. Most did not respond to the request for comment.

“As a dad to two public school kids, I believe parents must be included in their children’s decisions in school,” Vindman said in a statement.

“Whether it’s what they put on their school forms, their academic performance, or athletics, parents need to be at the center because that is the key to every child’s success,” he said. “There are other policies in the bill I don’t agree with and will work to change, but I voted today to make sure parents like me can continue to support their kids at school, and I believe to my core that is what our kids need.”

After this story published, Gluesenkamp Perez told HuffPost she voted for the bill because, as the parent of a young child, she doesn’t “believe parents should be cut out of the loop.”