Political Quotes

“I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record a copy of my opening statement last week to the HELP Committee regarding oversight of the Every Student Succeeds Act. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Oversight of The Every Student Succeeds Act Mr. ALEXANDER. I'm delighted to have the witnesses here. This is an extraordinary group of individuals with broad prospective of children and elementary and secondary education. And we welcome your comments on how to implement the new reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. This is our third of six hearings to discuss the implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act, which the President signed in December. It's the second opportunity for this committee to hear from the states, school districts, teachers, principals, and others that helped us pass this overwhelmingly bipartisan law and are today working together to implement it in a way that is consistent with congressional intent. I want to focus my remarks on the administration's proposed ``Supplement Not Supplant'' regulation. This is the very first opportunity the administration has to write regulations on our new law. And in my view, they earned an `F.' The reason for that is that the regulation violates the law as implemented since 1970, and seeks to do it in a way that is specifically prohibited in the new law.…”