Johnny Isakson: “I want to add my expression of sympathy to the family of Patsy Mink and to the citizens of Hawaii and recommend Members…”

“I want to add my expression of sympathy to the family of Patsy Mink and to the citizens of Hawaii and recommend Members read an editorial that I read on the plane today about the contributions of her life, in particular in the field of politics and the law where she broke the glass ceiling for women in an era and a period where that ceiling was very low. She was an outstanding colleague and an outstanding individual, and she shall be missed. Mr. Speaker, I commend the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Graham) for his contribution to improving the education of America's most needy and in-need students. With the addition of the CLASS Act and the incentive to attract teachers to our title I schools in rural and urban poor centers, what the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Graham) has done is he has the second one-two punch to what this Congress and this President has done to really focus on where educational needs are the greatest. If we combine the ability to attract teachers through loan forgiveness, to make the commitment to our children who are the most in need, with the investment this Congress made last year in No Child Left Behind in our title I schools, we will find the two greatest contributions, in my opinion, ever by the Congress of the United States in terms of truly meeting the needs we will have in the 21st century to be sure that opportunity is available to every child and that no child is left behind.”