Federal education spending should support States in policies that afford the greatest opportunity for kids to learn and achieve academically.

When enrollment in traditional public schools declined following the pandemic, charter school enrollment increased.

Why don't we just educate a person that basically when they take the debt out, when they sign up for the Stafford Loan, that they think is free money, it is not free money.

The last time NLRB tried this study, a study found that the policy led to 376,000 fewer jobs and $33 billion in lost output across the economy.

most of America would begin laughing at that.

We have got to do better here. I mean, we are really losing a generation.

I was a bit disappointed that the budget lacked new resources for rural health programs.

You have also worked on forgiving a whole lot of student debt, that has diverted a lot of your resources into this.

You have the ability to withdraw funding if it looks like these things are--that is some of the hardest things to do, as we know.

I would implore you to get your staff moving on this one here. We waited a long time for it.

We have lost more Americans to drug overdoses since 1999 than the number of American lives lost in wars or conflicts since the Civil War, and it is absolutely heartbreaking.

Small businesses are the heart of our economy and our communities, especially in West Virginia where more than 98% of our businesses are small businesses.

Thank you, Chair Baldwin.

A cut to charter school spending does not go over well in a bipartisan environment.

In my view, the best way to keep our retirees... is to have the maximum financial benefit accrue to their plans.

West Virginia needs fewer inefficient and expensive regulations and more job creation.

One out of every three franchise owners say they wouldn't own a small business without the franchise business model.

Do you all acknowledge the job--can you acknowledge the job losses that came when they did implement it the last time?