I think there is, both with respect to PACE and some other work that Johnny Isakson and I, Senator Isakson and I are doing in something called the SAVE Act, a huge opportunity here if we can think about how to do the financing.

I want to make sure that we've got an ecosystem in this country where venture capital is being invested here, and not going to Asia instead out of frustration.

I think that this law, this reauthorization, has kept the good parts of No Child Left Behind.

I think requiring having performance targets is really important.

The bad part of the law was it was a one-size-fits-all.

The ugly part is we had a system where the Federal Government set the goal, and then they prescribed to the States what programs and processes we had to use to meet that goal.

I think the good part is it brought us--you know, this was 10 years ago. It brought us to a standards-based education system where now we were accountable for every child and we had to have a standardized way of measuring student…

I think it's a 10th Amendment issue, right, and I think it's recognizing the rights that States have and the responsibilities that States have.

Thank you Chairman Johnson and Ranking Member Shelby for holding this important hearing.

I thank you for the opportunity to testify at today's hearing on the Chimney Rock National Monument Establishment Act.

I am hopeful that the House Natural Resources Committee will see fit to lend similar support to Congressman Tipton's efforts as we move toward enacting this popular legislation into law.