A national issue that is affecting the whole domestic aviation industry but disproportionately affecting smaller regional airlines.
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NCAA bill has the support of virtually the entire aviation industry.
When I was here earlier, the discussion was about the fact that 20 percent of GDP is maybe some magic number in terms of where we should be generating revenue.
So Dr. McBride, do you think we can generate 20 percent of GDP in federal revenues without depressing the economic growth rate?
And with as hard as it's been to hire people, it's a very tricky area when you start messing with fringe benefits.
I'm out of time here, and I might note that our current spending is now not at 20 percent. It's about 25 percent of GDP.
Overwhelmingly, we live in America today where we agree on almost nothing, but we all agree on school choice.
I think it is crazy to say that supporting students somehow makes you anti-teacher's union, or Department of Education.
It is immoral in a country like ours. No child should be forced to go to a failing or unsafe school.
You might be entitled to your own argument, but you are not entitled to your own facts, right?
If we change the status quo and block grant our federal education spending, states like Ohio would have the flexibility to spend taxpayer dollars in ways that impact their students the most.
The key is parents. You know, you mentioned money may not make a difference. What does matter is engaged parents.
I have worked for many years to reform K-12 education, with a particular emphasis on expanding education freedom and parental empowerment in K-12 education.
Congress can heed the call from voters and parents of school age children, and pass America's boldest school choice bill, H.R. 531, the Educational Choice for Children Act.
The great myth about school choice is that it allegedly hurts public schools.
Parents need the freedom to choose the education environment that best meets their child's needs.