That only gets your foot in the door. That just keeps you from being eliminated in that first round.

So in order to prevent long-term unemployment, it is essential to get the economy reopened and people back to work as safely and quickly as possible.

I don't know that parents will feel very confident in sending their students back to school if we don't have consistent, enforceable standards that are in place.

We must acknowledge the role that race plays in the distribution of wealth and benefits in this country if we are to ever address it.

Black business owners are less than 10 percent of all businesses owned in the United States.

Unemployment insurance benefits are second with the bang for buck of $1.46.

She is the most unqualified Secretary of Education we have ever had.

To try to use it for private schools and voucher schemes is unacceptable.

Our students of color, our students with special needs already--already--were at a disadvantage.

Low-income children and children of color already face enormous barriers to success.

We need those additional funding to improve the conditions in our schools.

I cannot tell you how proud I am of our teachers all over this country who are, once again, standing in the gaps for our students.