we've got to make some pretty tough decisions, too.

I mean, from prevention we know what smoking leads to, and all the diseases it leads to, and the cost to society.

Let us work together. Let us find out. That doesn't sound--this shouldn't be. It should be higher.

I look at a jobs bill as an investment.

We can't just respond to something simply because it is popular in the press right now.

How can you argue on the one hand that it is okay for a kid to borrow to go to college, but it is not all right to borrow to make sure that there is a college for the kid to go to?

The jobs crisis in education is real. This is not something 'maybe if.' It is happening right now, and it is real.

I think all of us are quite concerned about this situation.

We are borrowing too much from our kids and grandkids. We have a terrible deficit problem, debt problem.

AACC urges enactment of legislation containing an 'Education Jobs Fund,' as in the legislation introduced today by Senator Harkin.

The road to economic stability and prosperity for Iowa and our Nation runs through our public schools.

I feel your pain.

This whole CAN that we put into the healthcare reform bill was a singular effort by Senator Specter.

Our long-term jobs strategy must address education.

I met a lot of them last summer, in my own home State, and we had a meeting March 9.

Well-educated Americans are the single most important factor in maintaining our productivity and global leadership.

Reauthorization gives us the opportunity to move beyond just identifying long-standing gaps in opportunity and achievement.

Mr. President, I understand the concerns raised by Senator Kohl, and agree that these are serious issues that need to be addressed. While I believe that short-term, targeted pension funding relief is critically important and should move as…