Luke Messer

I think we all agree that no kid in America should go hungry.

There is a high price to pay, whether or not businesses and schools comply with the law.

For many, they have lost their health care policy. For many, they have lost their doctor. For many, they have seen their prices go away.

I just would make the case that certainly it is important that we have strong enforcement. The bad actors ought to be penalized. But often innocent shareholders get caught up in the midst of this, at no fault of their own.

It is important here that we protect student privacy. But it is also important that we make--ensure that any new laws intended to create student privacy don't create--that are intended to create a student privacy floor do not also create a…

I have believed all along that the pledge alone wouldn't be enough, and that we ought to look at other ways that we can legally protect parents' rights to protect their child's privacy.

3,288 per day, 137 per hour, one every 26 seconds--that is how many children are denied their God-given right to life each and every day. As we mark the 42nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we should remember each of those children and the…

The rising cost of health care itself is one of the primary reasons so many people lack access to care.

I prefer to incentivize work, personal responsibility, and self-reliance over government dependence.

We appreciate the recent leadership from Representatives Polis and Messer in assembling stakeholders to engage in collective efforts to improve student privacy.

I want to thank my colleague, the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Polis), for his support of this amendment, and, more importantly, for his remarkable vision and leadership in charter schools across the country. I have no further comments…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 16, line 7, strike ``and''. Page 16, line 13, insert ``and'' at the end. Page 16, after line 13…

I think one of the most important reforms we put forward was changing our dropout age from 16 to 18.

I think one of the most important national reforms we have brought forward was the way we calculate dropout rates.

I think we are all trying to make sure everybody has a chance to succeed.

We can't let any kids drown.

And virtually every state I am aware of that has a robust charter school program, far more charter schools are closed than any public schools.

The second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence promises all of us a God-given right to pursue happiness.

No kid in America ought to have to go to a school where they won't have a chance to succeed.

Every kid in America should have a chance to go to a great school.

We have made peace less likely. This is a flawed appeasement deal that gave away too much to Iran.

This is a bad deal for Israel and a bad deal for the United States.

I think you have both addressed one of the biggest challenges we face, which is in a world of scarce resources we have got to find answers that aren't always just more money but how can we spend that money better.

I wouldn't have been able to go to college without them, so I recognize how important these programs are.

We now have to move from a system that provides access alone to one that incents success.