Bob Schaffer: “This is the greatest environment for school reform I have seen in my career in here, in 38 years on this committee, and…”

I do not think that the magnitude of this tragedy can be overestimated. It is quite serious. The gentleman is right, there are many people in this Congress and in this country who have rebelled against capitalism for years and years, who…

We are turning underperforming schools upside down.

This is a bill that is about rich versus poor. And it is surprising to me to hear the opponents of the rule and the bill speak so viciously against the poor in America because that is what they are doing. See, if one is wealthy in America…

You can't have all of this change that has been developed in the states or all of the reluctance to change that has been developed in other states and say that this is somehow one-size-fits-all.