So the choice isn't on the part of the parents, the choice is whoever gets to decide who gets a voucher.

If we are truly committed to fulfilling the promise of Brown for all of our children regardless of zip code, income, race, language status, or disability, we should invest in our public education system instead of siphoning public dollars…

I deeply believe that all students with disabilities deserve the protections and supports to provide them with an equal opportunity at a high-quality education as any other student.

I hope that today's hearing makes clear to the American people that Republican school choice is not the type of choice that will achieve equity of educational opportunity for all children.

But unfortunately, Republican school choice is a backdoor to undermining those civil rights protections we wrote into ESSA.

One of the challenges we have as legislators is making the best use of the taxpayer's dollars.

Mr. President, I rise to speak on a special day. Today is my wife's birthday. Today is National Freedom Day, when we recognize President Lincoln's signing the 13th Amendment banning slavery. This is the reason we celebrate Black History…

aggressive expansion of settlements way beyond the environments of suburban Jerusalem is not only a provocative act, it is, potentially, a destabilizing act.

abandoning a two-state solution I guarantee you will not make that better.

I completely share your point of view. As somebody who is strong supporter of Israel, I worry about the future.

We want to know how security clearances are handled if the existing clearance holders or new applicants are under criminal investigation.

Mr. Speaker, with respect, I quote Mr. McKinley: ``We have to do this for the people of West Virginia and around the country.'' And I agree, and this is why we need the stream protection rule. It is a commonsense approach to minimizing the…

Mr. Speaker, what is most dangerous is, because of the lack of clarity regarding the Congressional Review Act's prohibition on similar rulemakings, the agency may never take future efforts to update and improve surface mining regulations…

We do not know how much General Flynn was paid for this event and for his dinner with President Putin.

The President is one million percent wrong.

There's actually history here, going back to 36 years, in terms of trying to make sure we're not politicizing or wholesale removing and replacing inspectors general.

It was never intended, however, that the inspectors general be automatically replaced on a wholesale basis without regard to their individual merits whenever there is a change in administration.

Without additional resources, these whistleblowers won't be protected; in fact, one hears descriptions at TSA that sound like the Wild West.