I cannot tell you the number of calls I have received from parents who are distraught.
I hope it would make my colleagues, as we invest in this program, confident that there are statistically significant bottom lines.
To borrow a line from Malcolm X, we must educate our children 'by any means necessary.'
The essence of the program, Mr. Chairman, is in its name: Opportunity.
You have been our champion over the years and we appreciate you and Ranking Member Collins.
I served on the D.C. Council for 12 years. I was chairman of the education committee. I am a lifelong Democrat.
It takes three to tango here in the Congress--which is to say the President, the Senate, and the House--to get anything adopted.
This is not an ideological battle, it is a battle for civil rights.
We have had frustrating times the last few years as we have not succeeded in adding new students to this critically important program, but w...
The D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program is a resounding academic success.
That is about the worst argument I have ever heard.