At a time when Congress is disinvesting from children I want to thank you, Mr. Secretary, and thank the President for putting forward a budget proposal that upholds our sacred obligation to educate our young people.

I applaud your focus on funding early education at a time when sequester cuts are decimating programs like Head Start and research in STEM education.

According to the Committee for Education Funding, the Republican budget--the Ryan budget--would cut Head Start by an additional $900 million on top of the $401 million in cuts from the sequester.

These coming biometric applications present serious privacy concerns that have not been well addressed.

Biometric technologies can offer a number of benefits. They can increase security here at home by identifying terrorists...

Mr. Speaker, it's now been 866 days since I arrived in Congress, and the Republican leadership has still not allowed a single vote on serious legislation to address our unemployment crisis. That's zero votes to address our Nation's most…

Madam Speaker, it has now been 864 days since I arrived in Congress, and the Republican leadership has still not allowed a single vote on serious legislation to address our unemployment crisis. We need to pass the American Jobs Act now. It…

It has now been 857 days since I arrived in Congress, and the Republican leadership has still not allowed a single vote on serious legislation to address our unemployment crisis. The nightmare of joblessness is destroying the American…

I hope we can categorically reject vouchers as a way forward. Vouchers, simply put, they gut our public education system.

As a former teacher, school principal, and school board member, I can personally attest to the importance of a strong federal role in education.

There is nothing that we should call an achievement gap. It is call--it should be called an opportunity gap because that is where the gap is.