One of the reasons that we have had such a backlog in our cases has been our inability to get judges because we have had trouble getting a registry.

I would love to see all high school students graduate not just with a high school diploma, but with some AP credits or early college or industry certification.

I introduced a bill called Defending State Authority Over Education Act, and it sought specifically to prohibit the Secretary of the Department of Education and future Secretaries from using grants and policy waivers to coerce States into…

I think many students drop out of high school not because it is too hard, but because it is too easy and they don't understand the relevance of what they are doing in school to the real world.

I believe that there is a broad agreement in both the House and the Senate that the executive branch has exceeded its reach when it comes to State education policy.

those that are up here making decisions about how children in Alabama should be educated when they have not even been to Alabama... should be the ones in the driver's seat.

the U.S. Department of Education ought not to be able to tie funding to coercion of State and local school boards

I have introduced again in this Congress the Working Families Flexibility Act, Mr. Chairman, that is an amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act that provides that private employers and employees can voluntarily enter into an agreement…

I want to count on you to see that such policies are reversed and good programs like Safe State are allowed to do their jobs and keep workers safe.

TRIO dollars are so important to work with first-generation, low-income college students.

Thank you for the work that you do for our country, and I just appreciate the challenges that you have.