03/29/2011
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"You have been our champion over the years and we appreciate you and Ranking Member Collins."
"The essence of the program, Mr. Chairman, is in its name: Opportunity."
"To borrow a line from Malcolm X, we must educate our children 'by any means necessary.'"
"We have had frustrating times the last few years as we have not succeeded in adding new students to this critically important program, but we are not giving up because we believe in it so deeply."