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And that is a new way to fund the highway trust fund. There is in the final bill some experimentation that I regard as urgent. I thank my good friends on both sides of the aisle for this short- term extension, which I hope will be the last…
The Federal vouchers give these schools the Federal Government's seal of approval. Considering that the purpose of the voucher program is to improve student achievement, voucher bills are inconsistent with the congressional intent and…
I actually agree with the chairman, and the chairman has consulted with us on these changes, which are technical in nature. I do not oppose this amendment. Indeed, I want to thank our chairman for working with us before this committee…
I just want to tell the gentleman that the so- called immigrants that he speaks to who send their children to schools in Maryland and Virginia live in Maryland and Virginia. Eighty percent of the jobs in the District of Columbia go to…
I want to remind the gentleman that the $100 million doesn't come out of the air, that this majority is cutting $2 billion from K-12. Most of our children are K-12. That money has to come from somewhere. We know it comes from education…
That, my friends, is what compromise looks like: first, phenomenal growth of public charter schools, which are supported by both Congressional Republicans and Democrats; second, allowing all current students to remain in private voucher…
And I see this in terms of a political issue as well.
It has a lot to do with political stability. It has a lot to do with government policies.
I think the other leverage is to really put pressure on the region, on the EAC, on the AU.
It is something that we work very, very closely with MONUSCO on.
The most important thing that we can do is to be consistent in our messaging.
We need more voices in the faith-based community here in the United States to talk to him, to let him know that some of the things that he is doing are not acceptable and that it causes us to doubt his faith.
This will have a real deep impact on our future engagement with the Rwandans.
We have raised our concerns about human rights violations, about reports and allegations of extrajudicial killings.
This is an ongoing subject with the Rwandan Government at every level.
That is my hope and prayer, but it is still taking way too long.
They have argued that some of the adoptions were not done legally and because of that they want to investigate.