George Miller

But the new law has unquestionably begun to deliver positive results, for small businesses, large employers, individuals, children and families, and the elderly.

Congress this week is holding hearings on the economic impact of health care reform.

Falling behind is not in America's DNA. It never has been and it never will be.

We cannot double down on go-go bubble economics and trickle-down tax policy.

Today's hearing on where our Nation's workers stand is a timely and an important topic to explore.

The deficit could swell substantially if the Chapter 11 filings of Delta, Northwest and Delphi lead them to offload unfunded pension liabilities on the agency.

That is why we cannot reject intelligent and focused policy--like Chairman Miller's Local Jobs for America Act--under the guise of supposed deficit awareness.

Pervasive unemployment is a virus and an epidemic, and it requires the attention we would give to any public health concern.

The hardest hit by layoffs are the youngest and the most tech savvy teachers, exactly the people we need to keep teaching our kids in the 21st Century.

I am proud to lend my name to this bill as a co-sponsor, not only because it protects our economy in the short run, but because it makes investments in education that will help us thrive in the long run.

As Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller told The Washington Post yesterday, the hardest hit by the layoffs are the youngest--and most tech-savvy--teachers; exactly the people we need to help our children land in the new…

These penalties for failing to protect workers pale in comparison to the penalties for failing to protect animals or the environment generally.

Forty-eight states have now signed on to this initiative. They agree that this state-led effort is critical to regain our role as a world leader in education.

We set an ambition for ourselves to cut the dropout rate in half in 10 years from 2 years ago.

I commend the Governors, the chief State school officers, Achieve, ACT, and the College Board and all of the partners in the common core initiatives for their leadership.

Moving forward, the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act will be a critical opportunity to rethink and evolve the new federalstate partnership.

The historic investments we made in President Obama's Recovery Act were a great start.

The result is that children in Mississippi may not be pushed with the same rigor as children in Massachusetts.

I couldn't agree more, and we need to do everything we can to support this effort.

All children should be challenged to develop the complex skills and knowledge needed to succeed in the jobs of the future.

Please send your written response to the Committee on Education and Labor staff by COB on Monday, November 16, 2009--the date on which the hearing record will close.

I appreciate the opportunity to address the questions raised in your November 6, 2009 correspondence.

As our economy recovers, it is not enough merely to ensure Nevadans, and all Americans, can have a good job to go to every morning.

It is just really bad worker safety process and protections.

Well, that is more than a perception, that's a fact.