I would urge you to do that.

We do owe those service members, in fact, our commitment to ensure that they have an access to the best quality education.

We must also demand more of our schools and get better results from our government.

I am pleased to see that the GAO investigation... has helped to spur the Department of Defense and the Department of Education to begin a better dialogue.

Sometimes, we like--and we had an event this morning, Senator Brown, where some of us were over at a school here in Washington and we were talking about how do we measure success in schools.

I want to actually have the quality review in place and somebody doing the job and doing it well.

I think one of the things that is really important, especially during this period of transition, is for the Department to work closely with the Department of Education.

the taxpayers--spent about $517 million in fiscal year 2009 on tuition assistance benefits.

God bless Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson because when they proposed to the Deficit Commission, they actually said we will take part of the Voinovich-Carper idea.

I am on the record in support of a gas tax increase to pay for those investments.

I do not want to interrupt, but when I walked up here from the train station this morning I did see a pig fly overhead.

I always like to say if something is worth having, it is worth paying for.

We should reauthorize this whole bill.

We believe in paying for things that are worth having.

We would support that kind of a tax, too. We think that a user fee ought to be dedicated to transportation though.

So, we are, and this is where Rich and I really agree, we are sitting here not looking about creating more jobs, we are looking at the possibility of losing more jobs.

the deficit is a problem? Yes, it is. It is a big problem.

Let us raise the Gas Tax a penny a month for 48 months.

I am one of the few people who is actually on record for supporting a modest, gradual increase in the Gas Tax.

Let me be clear: the status quo is not acceptable.

I am committed to moving TSCA reform legislation in this Congress.

My colleague Senator Inhofe has been very helpful in fostering a meaningful dialog with the chemical industry and our friends in the other party.

I am confident that this committee can come together to improve our chemical laws while allowing the U.S. chemical industry to continue to lead the world.

The public also has a right to know what's in their water.

My bill would fix this problem by allowing EPA to require a targeted increase in monitoring for unregulated pollutants that could be hazardous.