The status quo is not acceptable, and it is not acceptable during economic downturns to say that we are just going to take a lot of this out...
I look forward to working with you to see how we can shoehorn this in some way.
We have got to do both, and we can't let up on one or the other.
We must remember that education begins at birth and that preparation for education begins before birth.
When it comes to resources, it is a time of both great promise and great peril.
I support this bill and ask all to support for the teachers, the principals, the counselors, school nurses, and other essential public schoo...
Given this and similar situations across the country, we need to help avoid I believe what you termed earlier, Senator Harkin, the cliff.
We are borrowing too much from our kids and grandkids.
As Chairman Harkin has pointed out, there are 2,000 high schools where graduation is not the norm when it needs to be a necessity.
the President's budget recommendation for fiscal year 2011 eliminates all of the current $26.7 million of this funding.
My goal is to inspire people to stand up for the Constitution, to stand up for fiscal responsibility and stand up for the rule of law.
Your budget, the 2011 budget request, will provide OSHA the resources it needs to address these regulatory issues that have been so neglecte...
I'm wondering about that 6-month gap, and I'd ask you to look at that.
I can't tell you how many I talked to last summer that--you know, were thrilled with what they were doing.
Your emphasis on green jobs--let's face it, that is the future.
I might point out I have my Franklin Roosevelt tie on today, as a reminder of what we are about to witness.
I have to go to the White House for the signing of the healthcare bill.
This is a very high priority for me. It's something that I've been looking after for a long, long time.
