There is not a harder job in the country than being a teacher in an urban or rural school district with children that are living in poverty.

This is a time for very bold thinking in this country for our school districts, our States, and this country to re-imagine the teaching profession as a 21st century profession because, otherwise, I think all this other stuff is just talk.

I think part of this is going to be solved by all of us kind of getting out of our own way here and creating politics that will allow us to make revolutionary change, not just evolutionary change.

I think that is such an important point because when I was superintendent, if you blindfolded me, I didn't know whether I was talking to a university president or somebody that was running the apprentice shop for the trades, I would hear…

It is time to make some bold moves.

If we don't take full advantage of this opportunity, if we don't think creatively and boldly, as you said, we will condemn not just our current students, but a generation of students to a lack of opportunity.

I simply can't imagine a better person for this job than Jeff Lane.

The persistent pay gap between male and female workers is unacceptable.

I am a cosponsor of the Paycheck Fairness Act because I believe we need to do more to address gender wage disparity.

Correcting these wage disparities is even more important as women have taken a greater role in our economy.

These disparities will slow the ability of the economy to recover.

I thank my colleague from Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, this Nation does face a very real and immediate terrorist threat. The terrorist threat stems from al Qaeda, which is a stateless menace, a menace that is not rooted in any one location…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in remembrance of a noble and humble man lost in the devastating earthquake in Haiti. David Hames of Colorado Springs, Colorado, left an enduring legacy of selflessness and faith. David lived a life completely…

What does this year's budget request do to meet that goal and what would a SLEP include for the Nation's F-16s?

Thank God for federalism and hopefully the Federal Government will begin to lead again.

What I hear you saying is, you have outer space, you have inner space, and the two of them are definitely linked, and there are lessons that apply to both realms.

The United States has been, is today, and will always need to be a maritime power.

I am concerned that commercial space companies may lose access to launch capabilities after the last government Delta II launch at Vandenberg AFB.