I feel like the folks I represent want action right now, and I really think that, Chairman, your bill and Senator Risch's bill would really ...
This sort of threat is akin to an emergency like any other natural phenomenon, and I believe we need to treat it as such.
The purpose of funding education is equity for poor kids, equity for children with disabilities.
I think you have to pick your spots about what you require.
I want to remind us for a moment why we are here.
We are still getting really horrible outcomes for poor kids.
I would urge you to think carefully about the levers that are available in the legislation to push for this finally.
I am concerned about some of the proposed cuts, and I would be remiss if I didn't mention them to you.
I strongly support this funding and want to work with you and the Administration to see to it we get it done before this Congress adjourns.
I would like to thank Senator Bennet and Senator Harkin for raising this issue of equity.
I would argue strongly for at the national level, since Federal spending is only 10 percent of K-12, to invest in more competitive funding f...
The failure of the American system is how we pay for it.
The diversity and the innovation we have in this country has been an inspiration for other countries. That is the genius of the American sys...
I think there is a desire by many for that to occur.
If they were ninth graders, roughly 9 of them would graduate from a 4-year college.
I think our goal is to make credit available.
If we don't get at that core issue in this legislation somehow, if we don't get at that, we really haven't accomplished much.
If these 100 people were children in poverty in our country, eighth graders, 15 of them would be proficient in math.
