It is easier to build strong children than it is to repair broken men.

So that effectively the costs--the consequential cost of that, 2 million people, very, very substantial number, in my view probably in excess of the savings that would purportedly be made.

This is a wonderful, wonderful device to make sure that we include everybody in the opportunities that America and the world has to offer.

the pandemic showed us that we were relying on the unreliable.

A former Governor of my State--famous or infamous, depending upon your perspective--Spiro T. Agnew, once said that the cost of failure far exceeds the price of progress.

the notion that somehow the Federal Government doesn't play a key role in both primary and secondary and higher education is wrong and will lead to the deterioration of our country's competitiveness worldwide if that is pursued.

I was a sponsor, as you know, of the Americans with Disabilities Act. This is what is called in the act a 'reasonable accommodation.'

the United States cannot and must not default on its debt and violate the full faith and credit of the United States.

This, for lack of a better term, has scared the hell out of me.

I am a bit appalled that this hearing now gets layered over with the issue of race in a very strong way.

I was one of the 161 who voted to eliminate it.

The time for $1,000,000,000,000 deficits has to draw to a close.

You are doubling down on failure.

The President's budget never balances in the future. Is that right? I mean never, ever, ever, ever, ever.

I think in this country we have a 4-year or bust mentality, and it is hurting us.

I certainly hope so. And again, I disagree with you.

So that you can actually do things if you balance the budget, you can actually accomplish a lot of these things.

We established the Federal Department of Education. And on a national level, we are worse off than we were 42 years ago.