Heidi Alexander: “I ask unanimous consent that a copy of my remarks at yesterday's Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee…”

“I ask unanimous consent that a copy of my remarks at yesterday's Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: It's Time To Fix No Child Left Behind Since this is the first hearing of the committee in this 114th Congress, I have some preliminary remarks. This committee touches almost every American. No committee is more ideologically diverse and none is more productive. In the last Congress, 25 bills passed out of this committee became laws. That's because we worked with Chairman Harkin on areas of agreement. I look forward to working in the same way with Ranking Member Murray in this Congress. She is direct, well- respected, she cares about people and is results-oriented. We are going to have an open process, which means we're going to have a full opportunity for discussion and for amendments. Not just in the committee, but on the floor. In the last two congresses, we reported a bill, but it didn't make it to the floor. This congress, we hope to have a bipartisan bill coming out of committee--but even if we don't, the bill will go to the floor and it will have to get 60 votes on the floor, 60 votes to go to conference, 60 votes to get out of conference, and then the president will have his say. We hope to get his signature and get a result.…”