The President will not support more than $53.1 billion.
The $167 million cut in the Rural Education program is really not acceptable.
It does not help schools meet the requirements of No Child Left Behind.
I just want to associate myself with the statements of our chairman, Senator Specter, in his opening remarks.
The President's budget would increase Education Department funding by $26 million or .05 percent.
This budget is totally inadequate. And it is leaving us in a heck of a situation here to try to correct it and get the education funding bac...
But this budget cuts funding for the No Child Left Behind programs by $1.2 billion from this year's level.
If that is the case, then there has to be some cuts in other Cabinet agencies.
That is unconscionable.
The $400 million cut for 21st Century Community Learning Centers would mean no more after-school services for 550,000 children.
I am very concerned that the supplemental request is insufficient in homeland defense.