Liz Saville Roberts: “Today, even as I speak, the members of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee are in the process of…”

“Today, even as I speak, the members of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee are in the process of marking up the BEST bill. The BEST bill is an acronym describing an effort to try to put together the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. I think without question, in poll after poll taken in America, trying to determine what the American citizenry is concerned about, every one of the polls show the No. 1 issue of concern on the minds of American citizens today is education. Today I am very proud to announce I am joined by my colleagues, Senator Bingaman and Senator Kennedy, and there will be other cosponsors as well, but they are the original cosponsors in introducing legislation I think without question addresses a very critical need within the American educational system, and also in regard to our national security, as well; that is, the need to improve math and science education. As a member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, I want to work with Members on both sides of the aisle.”