George Miller

This means starting with our youngest learners and helping at every step along the way.

I want to start with a story about one of the best days in my career which was right after school performance was reported in my district, as required by No Child Left Behind.

I think we all agree that any federal involvement in our schools needs to work in the best interest of our students.

There is a consensus across both parties in Congress, the President and Secretary Duncan, that the federal role in education needs to be re-evaluated.

There is a consensus across the parties in Congress, the president and Secretary Duncan that the federal role in education needs to be reevaluated.

That is why the Republican plan to slash the Occupational Health and Safety Administration is so chilling.

The spending plan on the floor today would once again allow mine owners to game the system.

Unfortunately, the Republican spending bill will turn this progress on its head.

Too many Americans are still struggling with the fallout of the worst financial crisis in more than a half a century.

Workers are not cogs in a wheel. They are fathers, mothers, sons, and daughters.

That is not a recipe for success of this economy in the future globalized world.

I mean, this is almost--I hate to say it--it is a little bit like an epidemic that was going on here, because there was no price to be paid for running out on the wages.

I would hope that we would also have some transparency.

What we are trying to do is level the playing field, inform workers, but also have more compliance with business...

I hope he would agree that totally eviscerating WIA is shortsighted and unwise.

Unfortunately, the Republican spending bill would slash worker health and safety.

For too long, that mission was forgotten.

And I just think we should be very concerned about the idea that the lights are going to go out in that One-Stop center in April.

I think this would be very unfortunate.

However, all of this progress is threatened.

Ten years after No Child Left Behind was enacted, the law is in need of major update.

We need an accountability system that works and refuses to let any student--any student--slip through the cracks.

Workers are already enjoying new rights and protections that put them in charge of their own health care.

It has begun to work for small businesses.

The Affordable Care Act is not perfect. It does not contain everything that I wanted.