I would like to thank all of you for being here today for the fourth in a series of hearings focused on the reauthorization of the Elementar...
Why are there poor schools in poor areas and nicer schools in nice areas? Well, look at your property tax system.
The Federal Government never got involved in elementary and secondary education. Never.
The State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) in particular has been one of the great success stories of the ARRA.
I hope you will send your message to all the agencies from the President.
Let us work together. Let us find out.
These questions are about transparency, about openness, and about accountability.
I want to thank you publicly for having the hearings that you are having around the country on enforcement of antitrust or review of antitru...
I want a Freedom of Information question and discussion with you.
I will go to my good friend, Senator Shelby.
I am not here to call into question the integrity of any employee of the Department.
It seems to me if there is one legitimate area where we can borrow from the future, it is in education.
We have a real cliff problem right now.
I am encouraged by your, I think, statement of support for a jobs, an education jobs bill.
Maybe it starts when you are born.
We have got to put more into early learning.
You only get one chance at that, and if we fail our kids, that means we fail our future.
This landmark legislation eliminated wasteful corporate subsidies in the Federal student loan program and strengthened the Pell Grant progra...
