Heidi Alexander: “this has been a very good day. I appreciate Senators coming to the floor. It has been interesting to hear Senators'…”

“this has been a very good day. I appreciate Senators coming to the floor. It has been interesting to hear Senators' differing opinions on some issues, but there is a consensus that runs through this debate, and it runs through the Democratic side as well as the Republican side, which is that we have a consensus about the need to fix No Child Left Behind and we have a consensus about how to do it. I thank the senior Democrat on the education committee, Senator Murray, for her excellent work, and I thank the majority leader and the Democratic leader, who have created an environment here where we can get quite a bit done. We have continued during the day to agree to a large number of amendments. We have pretty well worked through some of the more contentious amendments we have had to deal with. We expect to have more amendments tomorrow morning before lunch, although it probably will be later tonight, even in the morning, before we have an agreement on how to do that. So we will continue to work toward that. Let me see if the Senator from Washington has any comments she would like to make. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Washington.”