I believe that we must invest in education to ensure that every child has the opportunity to succeed.
No Child Left Behind ought to mean that we are not leaving them behind in their health either.
Education is one of the most critical issues we have to address.
I come to this work with three deeply held beliefs.
That would be like saying to any minority group 30 percent of you just don't count.
One of the results of No Child Left Behind... is that... the first teachers to go... is usually the art teacher or the m...
We have it in Iowa and a few other States, and we have been funding it. All of the indications are that it has been a gr...
Can you give us some specificity as to how we can make college opportunity more affordable for the young people of Ameri...
There is no magic bullet anywhere along the line.
How we progress as a country and how we are going to maintain our standard of living, our way of life, and provide for e...
Thank you very much.
We are in the business of educating kids and not letting them play on monkey bars.
I commend you for the example that you have sent out for so many young women, including my two daughters.
I look forward to working with you and to, hopefully, making the Department of Labor a true department of labor.
Sixty-three percent of people with disabilities are unemployed. That is shocking.
Working men and women in this country are facing tougher economic times than we've seen in our lifetimes.
We're now the second highest in new unemployment claims, and paid $60 million in claims last month--compared to $27 mill...
I'm glad we could get this hearing in early, because we need someone to hit the ground running at the Department of Labo...
