A lot of kids in poorer areas can't do that, and they shouldn't be held hostage in poor-performing schools forever because they only have on...
It hasn't been a top-down approach; this was a bottom-up approach.
I am absolutely committed so that every young person in this country gets a quality education and can enjoy the fruits of their education, a...
Education shouldn't be a mystery. We should know exactly what our kids are doing.
Coming up with loans that will be repaid as a result of lowered billing?
It is beyond comprehension to me that we are not moving forward aggressively.
I think energy efficiency is a huge step forward.
It is very sad that we have a major political party where many of its leading members actually reject what the, virtually, the entire world ...
S. 1716 by Senator Bernard Sanders (I-VT). S. 1716 not only defines a 'highly qualified teacher'...
We think if we're serious about energy efficiency and using electricity as efficiently as we can, this will be a major step forward.
Will you work with us on this concept of on bill financing?
The degree to which, as a Nation, as a Congress, we are not dealing with the horrendous planetary crisis of global warming.
The budget before us actually invests only half as much in weatherization for 2013 as we did in 2008.
If there's any win/win/win situation that I see in this country, being aggressive about weatherization is it.
It's just common sense, if I lower your fuel bill by 30 percent, why not?
The interstate is a double-edged sword, isn't it?
That has become a real passion of mine.
When you have a situation where more veterans are dying of suicide than combat then we have a huge problem in this country.
