I just want to associate myself with the statements of our chairman, Senator Specter, in his opening remarks.
The President's budget would increase Education Department funding by $26 million or .05 percent.
This budget is totally inadequate. And it is leaving us in a heck of a situation here to try to correct it and get the education funding bac...
The President's budget is far from adequate to help schools meet the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act.
In Iowa, it is estimated 56 percent of all the schools will be designated next year as needing improvement under the No Child Left Behind la...
The President will not support more than $53.1 billion.
The $167 million cut in the Rural Education program is really not acceptable.
I look forward to working with my colleagues on the Subcommittee to ensure full funding for the VA.
For me, fully funding the VA is a national security issue.
This starts with providing those veterans with access to the quality health care they deserve.
Mr. Secretary, you did the right thing. It was not popular, but doing something popular is not always right, and doing something right is no...
I am concerned that the Corporation actually violated the law.
Rather than addressing the problem and providing the needed funding, the President apparently has decided his solution is to turn veterans a...
We owe each of them a debt of gratitude that can never be fully repaid.
I am so pleased that President Bush has embraced the concept of National Service, and I do want to work with him in a bipartisan way.
The only question is whether veterans health care should be a priority or an afterthought.
I was really troubled when the Corporation revealed that it had enrolled more volunteers than the Corporation had funds to support.
I was pleased to see a number of awards made to rural entities since then.
