George Miller: “Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And I join you in welcoming Secretary Sebelius back to the committee.”

I have never been more disappointed by this committee's repeated failure to address America's critical economic concerns.

I want you to continue to focus on what the decisions about people's retirement.

I strongly urge the Obama board to change course and encourage key stakeholders to get to work.

However, when a charter school falls short of that promise, we owe it to the students, the families, and the teachers to hold the school responsible for improvement and close that school, if necessary, if they can't meet those goals.