Tom Harkin actually said...

"The Secretary's using of this waiver authority has gone much broader than that."

"The law's goal was to give families and the general public the data they needed to assess whether students in a given school were being taught the reading and math skills they needed to be successful."

"We're overdue in doing our job and taking a look at the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and reauthorizing it for another period of time."

"The Federal Government stepped in because many States could not or would not provide for their most vulnerable children."