Unfortunately the news since our last hearing on this topic has not been good.
It is difficult to overstate the seriousness of the crisis facing this vital part of our Nation's transportation infrast...
I just hope you pay attention to the West because we are hurting.
That makes it difficult for us, as we try and manage this.
Do you not agree that fulfilling that kind of mandate will require significant investments in training and recruiting an...
When we wrote the No Child Left Behind, the teacher quality money was under the Teacher Quality State Grants.
I hope that you take a look at that, because there is a lot of disagreement on that.
I find the President's budget to have serious shortfalls.
With all due respect, let me just tell you that when we worked on the No Child Left Behind, the authorization for this r...
I would just encourage you to stay in close touch with our families here who are watching news reports with a great deal...
I know you are an educator. And you cannot believe that it makes sense to transfer students to schools that are overcrow...
I am very disconcerted by the President's budget.
Will you look at the minority report?
Well, I am deeply concerned about that.
I think we are all very disturbed by the images of the prisoner of war (POWs), and I know their families here in this co...
I hope that you look at the language of the minority report.
But you are not going to give us a formal request of any kind so that we know how the President wants to set these prior...
And it seems like every lock and dam on the Columbia and Snake system could use an increase of O & M funding right now.
