I am very concerned about the cuts that actually republicans have already voted for on the floor that will negatively affect student learning and pandemic recovery.

I implore you to stop picking on trans students.

In and of itself, I think that companies that do not want to perhaps face the moral hazard of engaging in that way would see it that way, yes.

I just wish it did not take 2 days to get a Congressional Delegation halfway around the world to start those meetings.

Do you agree that trade relationship with China and the enormous number of supply chain factories that moved from the U.S. to China helped accelerate China's path to wealth and power?

we have China engaged in slave labor with the kind of a million Uyghurs; we have them taking away the Tibetan children to boarding schools when they are just 5 or 6 years old; we have China stripping the political rights out of out of Hong…

I love the word 're-shore', thank you.

Climate change is exacerbating the wildfire crisis that the nation is facing.

I need the rules that reflect the procedure for imposing accountability.

If basic literacy is not met, if math functioning is not met, we could talk about pathways all we want, but our students are not going to be able to take those careers and go on to college.

In Oregon, high schools are no longer required to demonstrate that each of their kids are graduating with the ability to read and write at their grade level.

Should parents have the ability to provide with direct feedback about what they are teaching?

If a child has being bullied or has a drastic change in behavior, should teachers be transparent with parents about what they are observing at school?

We need to provide our teachers with agency, treat them like professionals, make sure that we're listening to them.

We have created a condition where teachers feel guilty talking about salary. That is unacceptable.

We are going to have to bring together Democrats and Republicans, as Chairman Manchin talks about.

Technological neutrality really grew out of those meetings that we started in June 2012.

This is the biggest investment in climate, and as Chairman Manchin has always talked about, a sensible energy policy for the future.