Rosa DeLauro actually said...

Let us not denigrate a public school system that serves 90 percent of our kids and that is making gains.

Let me just say--I beg the indulgence of the subcommittee because I would like to address, Congressman Moolenaar, your comments.

That achievement gap has not closed one little bit.

However, you are decreasing the amount of money in the pot so that you are making schools really compete against each other for these dollar...