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The idea that disruptive behavior and failing is somehow tied to Black identity is one of the most destructive ideas in our country today.

I think the Obama era guidelines are an abdication rather than an assertive effort to cure the ills in minority communities.

It is clear that in your--as a result of your very long opening statement that you care passionately about this issue, and I will tell you I care passionately about it also.

We shouldn't just be funding old models, we should be looking at the newest innovative models and the current models that actually work and get the most bank for the buck.

This legislation you drafted as a subject of today's hearing raises serious concerns about the funding for publicly assisted rural and Native American tribal affordable housing projects.

First, I am encouraged, Madam Chairwoman, that you agree with committee Republicans that barriers to advancing and promoting affordable housing at the local level are important topics worthy of debate and consideration.

Thank you, Chairwoman Waters. I thank you for holding this hearing on the very important subject of housing.

I do want to acknowledge the 65th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, not a happy birthday I think but I do want to acknowledge it and to speak to the frustration that I feel due to its unfulfilled promise.

It is just cruel to keep well performing minority students in classes with disruptive students.

I believe with my whole heart that an excellent education is the key to lifelong success.

Not only is discrimination and state-sanctioned segregation repugnant and illegal, it also prevents growth and success for all children.

Even with the legal barriers to equal education broken, achieving true equality for all students has followed a steep and arduous path.

Thanks to the relentless courage of Linda Brown, her parents, and civil rights leaders, the abhorrent segregationist policy of 'separate but equal' was recognized for what it was: inherently unequal.

The issue of segregation in schools deserves our full attention, and I welcome this opportunity to discuss how the turning point of Brown v. Board has shaped the last 65 years for students across the United States.

I have been multitasking today and I don't have any questions.

Yes, of course, there are a number of us that push very, very hard--myself included--and push the Administration to really focus in on getting rid of the Class VI and Class VII, as it is very manipulative.

Well, thank you, Chairman Costa, and the cows don't take a day off, do they?

It is almost like sometimes we give mandates and no money. And so, in that sense, I think we do need to provide some support there.