"I think we can all agree that we want a public education system that outperforms and outshines the rest of the world."
"If I have learned anything in my 45 years is that nothing is black and white."
"Free enterprise and government are not either/or propositions."
"reasonable oversight of Wall Street excess is important."
"this is a real success story for our country and a great success story for our American families."
"I am very disappointed in my Republican colleagues because they continue to turn a blind eye to good public policy."
"the difference here in the great United States of America is that what the Republicans have tried to do is have this Keystone pipeline approved by passing a bill and giving short shrift to a lot of th..."
"I am afraid the majority party's push to override those considerations will eventually come at the detriment of our communities throughout both countries."
"Hon. Kathy Castor, a Representative in Congress from the State of Florida, opening statement."
"One of the worst impacts could be to the climate. And colleagues, we have a responsibility to understand the impacts to the world's climate because climate change does threaten our public health, it t..."
"This is dirty stuff. Do we have the technology to address these issues? It is not clear at this point that we should be going gangbusters, full speed ahead, until we really can address the economic an..."