Mazie Hirono: “I do not think that is where I want our country to be.”

Nearly 90 percent of K through 12 students attend public schools, yet Republicans are pushing a plan in this bill to undermine support for public schools.

I call it the thousand pages of pain and the billionaires' gain. It is bad enough that my colleagues have been on the floor talking about how this bill is going to hurt people on Medicaid, taking food away from our children and families…

He’s putting in all the people that will support him, or have a relationship to him.

We have a President who tried to totally eliminate the Department of Education.