Joe Courtney actually said...

"I think, frankly, we should join them in that effort as well with passage of this law."

"streamlining and making the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program actually functional should be one of the focuses of HEA reauthorization."

"One from Coventry, Connecticut, a teacher took almost a dozen tries through the system before, and it was only because they just were obsessed with making sure they weren't going to get--take no for a..."

"And we all should bear responsibility from Congress on down for the fact that there are many, many, many teachers in America today who have never really been prepared to teach a child to read."