That achievement gap has not closed one little bit.
Let me just say--I beg the indulgence of the subcommittee because I would like to address, Congressman Moolenaar, your c...
One of this Nation's most urgent charges is to address the achievement gap between English learners and their Native Eng...
We are not going to stand by and watch States discriminate against our children in terms of proceeding to get an educati...
I am fierce about TRIO and GEAR UP and some of these other programs.
I think it is a very wise investment, and I particularly appreciate you taking the lead...
Kentucky's work requirement was forecasted to force at least 95,000 Kentuckians to lose coverage.
We need to be absolutely clear, and the Department--and you are the Department--should be straight with the Nation's par...
my bill, the American Family Act, would give the same full child tax credit to families earning the minimum wage, milita...
I believe that as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil. Government belongs wherever evil needs an adversary and ther...
What I am going to try to do is to ask three or four questions and get quick answers to them.
Not only did they discriminate against African Americans, they discriminated against Hispanic farmers, and they discrimi...
I am proud to have voted against it.
the evidence that is usually advanced for the efficacy of work requirements is the welfare reform, the 1996 welfare refo...
This is an assault on women's health and the rights of women and their doctors.
It is unacceptable.
I do want to recognize the $50 million increase for pandemic flu.
I've told the people of Connecticut, May 20th, we're going to be able to give you a roadmap on how we slowly get back to...
