We still have too many who are dropping out--some because of apathy, some because they simply need to help pay the bills...
The bill that you mentioned that I have introduced, the Every Student Counts Act, requires an accurate count of who is g...
I applaud the President when he said a long-term, sustainable economic recovery is only possible if we strengthen our ed...
I would encourage the Committee to look at the role that the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education program play...
You know how you can earn a million dollars in the next 4 years? Graduate from college. That is all you have to do.
As I said the other day, we have a No Child Left Behind, we should have a No Adult Left Behind also.
Just graduate from college.
I have seen first-hand federal programs work best when decision-making authority is left in local officials' hands.
I applaud the President for understanding that reality, for beginning the process of putting the necessary funds into th...
We do not have options about whether we keep our children healthy, about whether or not the air we breathe is clean.
You satisfy that. Second, a strong and deep knowledge of the law and the Constitution. You satisfy that.
If confirmed, you will join the Supreme Court with more Federal judicial experience than any Justice in the past 100 yea...
These issues invite all Americans to struggle with the dilemmas of democracy and the great questions of our Constitution...
Judge Sotomayor's qualifications are outstanding.
One attack that I find particularly shocking is the suggestion that she will be biased against some litigants because of...
I am wary of judicial activism and I believe in judicial restraint.
The President has done his part. He has made a historic nomination. Now the Senate has to do its part on behalf of the S...
Each generation of Americans has sought that arc toward justice.