George Miller

These are seismic changes. To ensure that children benefit, we need to support robust research to identify what is working and what can be improved.

In 2002 the quality of education research was lacking. Much of it was driven by politics rather than science.

I hope that my colleagues will join me in seeking ways to invest in education research in a smart way that avoids waste but also is sound and avoids harmful austerity.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, for holding this important hearing.

More money is not always the answer, but sufficient money is.

There are a lot of flimflam artists out there and they are taking federal subsidies, they are taking federal money.

I agree with Congressman McClintock that this initiation was initiated by what could be characterized as the extreme left of the environmental movement.

Democrats offered a proposal that would freeze interest rates at 3.4 percent for two years.

I would like to beseech you to discuss among your members whether or not we can have the hearing and report out legislation to keep the rates low for the coming year so we can work on many of these issues here and the student loan program…

This Congress has not done right by Brandon and the millions of other students who will graduate with mountains of debt.

When it eventually got up to the ninth circuit court of appeals, the only requirement imposed by the ninth circuit court of appeals was to 'assess user capacity.'

What the Congress has done so far is inexcusable.

Tony Coelho, who introduced this, had no intention of applying the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to Yosemite.

I appreciate the opportunity to submit written testimony on the subject of the National Park Service's (NPS) Merced River Plan in Yosemite National Park.

Now is not the time to reverse course and go back to the days when insurance companies were in charge.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And I join you in welcoming Secretary Sebelius back to the committee.

The Affordable Care Act is already making a difference.

Repeal is unacceptable because it will take away the important benefits already in the law.

Playing politics with the Affordable Care Act has become something of an Olympic sport for the majority.

I think this competition will turn out to be a beneficial thing for the kids and the program and for the taxpayers.

What we have known all along in the area of early childhood education and child care is that good child care, good early childhood education is good for the children; bad child care, bad early childhood education is not good for you at all.

These kids can't afford to lose access to Head Start. I hope we can get past this fiscal cliff politics and restore funding to this and other very important programs.

I think that, you know this list of successes that mount every day, the studies that are done every day that point to the positive impacts of the Affordable Care Act is very exciting.

There's the failure to rewrite the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

We all have a sense of sadness and shock at what took place in Moore, Oklahoma.