Just 33 percent of high schools with high black and Latino student enrollment offer calculus.
For too many students in schools, a high-quality STEM education is not an option.
I fear that if we don't we will find it very difficult to find the common ground that has characterized the work of this...
I am concerned and I just wanted to register that.
We need to focus our attention on the investments necessary to provide economic opportunity for all workers, not just th...
Not one of the five criteria in any of the areas of concern GAO identified has been fully met by the VA.
Let me just say, veterans have really benefited from expanded access to affordable health insurance and the expanded Med...
He has implemented a hiring freeze that prevents VBA from hiring the staff needed to process veterans' claims.
I did listen to him at the Joint Session of Congress a few weeks back, when he said his budget, which is not out yet, wo...
That progress is really in jeopardy as the American Health Care Act would effectively end the Medicaid expansion and eli...
The most immediate thing to do was to have a viable action plan that really provides a roadmap.
I hope that Congress will continue to abide by the parity principle we have followed in bipartisan budget agreements.
In fact, just 192 low income students took the AP computer science exam last year in Washington State.
How essential is quality workforce training in developing young learners' skills in STEM?
I am deeply worried about the President's budget that is coming out this week and what it will be looking at cutting.
Senator Blunt and I were able to fund a new $90 million national apprenticeship grant in 2016 which is now supporting th...
There are some very useful applications that people want in firefighting for drones.
I have seen him, at the VA, leave almost every senior position in the department without a permanent official in place.
