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We'll concede that sometimes the usual Washington niceties of informing members of Congress were not, you know, fully implemented.

When parents have a choice, I truly believe every kid has a chance, and that's what this hearing is about.

I'm a strong supporter of school choice, but not the school privatization proposed by my Republican colleagues.

We will never turn our backs on the millions of students who attend our nation's public schools, but we also want to ensure parents have the opportunity to choose the best school for their children.

I remain optimistic that this Congress, we will choose students and advance policies to ensure every child receives an excellent education.

I challenge anyone on this committee to say they would [leave their children trapped in a failing school].

We will look for opportunities to advance school choice and continue our work to improve traditional public schools.

I look forward to working together in the weeks and months ahead. I suspect we will continue to have our differences, but there is no doubt we share the same goal of helping to ensure every child is prepared to succeed in life.

It's wrong, and it's long past time that we do something about it in America.

We already have school choice if you can afford it.

I believe in school choice, because I trust America's parents.

I look forward to working with Senator Paul to hopefully get it passed out of the Senate.

I think we too frequently delegate the very difficult decisionmaking in the sweeping bills we pass to the administrative branch.

I do believe we have an emergency on our hands, whether we happen to be a Republican or Democrat.

We focus on reunification planning as well, because the whole question of what a free and peaceful post-DPRK North Korea will look like...

I think it would be a worthwhile investment to provide that personal incentive.

I gather one of you indicated that eroding Kim Jong-un's support base by facilitating more elite departures... was one tactic we should continue to exploit.

Life is winning again in America.