"We need a qualified and a trained workforce in this effort."
"That is an 11 percent cut."
"I think the world has changed and our vision is a pre-K through 14 system of compulsory education."
"Sequestration is terrible policy for any budget. It is especially cruel where there are literally lives at stake."
"If we do not invest now, we will not be able to benefit from scientific discoveries 5, 10, even 20 years from now."
"I think we have to educate our way to a better economy."
"I think this idea of a minimum of community college being the expectation, the norm, is hugely important."
"I too believe that if we can get to a consensus on the spending issues and take a look at where we need to go with regard to sequester."
"If there is an area in which we can come together and understand the value of what we have here, that I think it would serve us well to think through what we should do for the future."
"We have worked to make sure that women were represented among the subjects of biomedical research, including in the preclinical research studies."
"There is a significant increase in the budget."