We have to be truthful with each other and truthful with the American people about what is and isn't working.
I was pleased to see in your budget an elimination of some 13 programs.
I am sure in many cases we are not. I concur there. But we are so far off.
I look forward to hearing from you, Mr. Secretary, about how we can get this country back on track and what we can do to...
If we don't hold our schools accountable for ALL the children in their classrooms, we fail.
we are either going to put ourselves in a competitive advantage or we are going to continue to lose not the low skill jo...
the decision to say no to Pell grants--again, you can use the one Pell grant for summer--is not one that I enjoyed or wa...
Our children deserve more. Our country deserves more.
Despite the near tripling of overall per-pupil funding since 1965, national academic performance has not improved.
We have to make tough choices now to ensure this important program remains available for the students who need it most.
For me, the number one obligation here is safety, and that includes bridges like the I-35W that went down.
I wanted to ask about your view of the RTP and what you see as its future?
I wanted to thank you for your leadership on rail across the country.
The Recreational Trails Program is very popular in our state.
Teen drivers are three times more likely to be in fatal accidents than adults.
We now have 28 percent of crashes that are caused by people talking or texting on their cell phones in this country.
I simply don't know at this point in time.
I think it is still possible to realize operation on the grid in 2020 with a possibility of 2019.
