Richard Shelby actually said...

"Alabama has, it is my information, had a high school graduation rate of 67 percent, compared to the national rate of 74 percent."

"I think it was a flawed program."

"I was stunned and disappointed to find that out of 500 possible points for Race to the Top, only 15 points, 3 percent of the whole application dealt with science, technology, engineering, and mathemat..."

"But we should never, never lose focus on the student."