We are going to lose that, aren't we? We are going to have to rethink that.
We need a revolution in child care--every kid in this country, as is the case in many European countries.
Do you agree that our current system is a disaster?
The purpose of Federal education programs in the United States is to provide equity in our education system.
Is that tied up in the reconciliation package?
To do that, you are going to have to pay child care workers commensurate salaries to what we pay teachers.
I don't think that is such a bad idea myself.
The blueprint for reauthorization that we have received from the Obama administration is a step in the right direction.
I don't know how we can expect kids to do well in school if the first 4 or 5 years of their lives, they don't have their...
Well, I look forward to working with you. I don't know how we are going to make great advances in elementary and seconda...
When 70 percent of women went to work outside of the home, it created many more opportunities for women.
No Child Left Behind puts too much emphasis on testing, therefore narrowing the curriculum of many classrooms.
For every dollar we spend on that, I think in terms of job creation, in terms of cutting greenhouse gas emissions, in te...
I think we are at the cusp of transforming our energy system. Energy efficiency is at the heart of that.
I would hope, Mr. Chairman, that we can fight as hard as we can to put money in weatherization.
I'm very proud to say--and I argue with Barbara Boxer about this a bit, but we think Vermont may in fact be leading the ...
I could support an appropriation that did that.
I worry about the way this is set up, that we are seeing a shift from rural to urban.
