But overall, I think the President's budget is a good start.
I look forward to continuing to work with you.
it seems to me that we ought to be funding NIH a lot more aggressively than we are.
I think, has really been the great leader on this one.
the fact that the President's budget was able to come up with a $1 billion increase for NIH is something that--we should all, sort of, credi...
I have to go to the White House for the signing of the healthcare bill.
Believe me, I've been in a lot of these countries, I've looked at this--what they are doing, and I can't think of anything that gives a bett...
I'm hopeful that sometime soon the Congress will be able to appropriate some money for summer youth employment.
We must act soon. We must act soon.
Well-educated Americans are the single most important factor in maintaining our productivity and global leadership.
I met a lot of them last summer, in my own home State, and we had a meeting March 9.
It is projected that by 2014, right around the corner, 75 percent of new jobs will require some post-secondary education.
We must do better.
President Obama has set an ambitious goal for Americans to reclaim the world's highest rate of college attainment by 2020.
Our long-term jobs strategy must address education.
Reauthorization gives us the opportunity to move beyond just identifying long-standing gaps in opportunity and achievement.
standing still in education means losing ground in the 21st century economy.
a world class education for our students is directly linked to a world class economy for our Nation.
