I always like to take that time to reaffirm the fact that we have constitutional obligations to provide this kind of education to our kids.

The Federal Government, I believe, should give States the flexibility to implement critical reforms as identified on the State and local level.

But if you cannot have it all, and you cannot--I wish you could, and I wish that I were here when we owed no money as a Nation, because I think a lot of us could get together and have a lot of good ideas including investment in education…

That would herald, if it were approved by FDA--It's in clinical trials now.

Now, how are we going to pay for it? That is the bottom line.

I am gravely concerned that the Department of Education has delayed some of the tough choices that are necessary to ensure national economic stability.

I've been in this field for 25 years. I've not seen more excitement and hope about a therapeutic intervention in that whole time until now.

They should be proud of what they've done.

To ensure that the Congress has the necessary information to make informed decisions about the implementation of the new law going forward, Madam Secretary, would you commit--and have you committed before--to have your Department respond…

Let's assume it's just 10 million--that's a lot of people.

What would be the consequences, in your opinion, of these policies on the housing market and the economy.

Without question, our housing finance system is broken.