Richard Shelby actually said...

"It is a devastating time."

"I think it is very important, and you have done this, you have focused, among other things, on the loss of teachers and support and so forth."

"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..."

"I think it was a flawed program."