Todd Rokita

As I read the gentlewoman's amendment, I see that it will protect title II funding to high poverty school districts. Now, although the Student Success Act, which we are debating here on the House floor right now, funds school districts on…

In closing, I'd like to urge my colleagues, as well, to support this amendment and the Student Success Act in its entirety. And in response to the debate we've seen here on the floor this afternoon, Mr. Chairman, so far, I'd like to say…

I'd ask the Chair how much time I have remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Indiana has 3\1/2\ minutes remaining.

As one of the authors of the underlying legislation, I'll be the first to admit that going through the progress that we have laid out in this House has the potential to only make the legislation better. In that vein, this amendment, as I…

The Student Success Act empowers parents and teachers, maintains high standards and measures of teacher effectiveness, reduces the enormous footprint of the Federal education bureaucracy, and finally gives parents, teachers, and States the…

I stand today in support of parents, teachers, and our communities. I stand in support of local government versus Federal Government. And most importantly, I stand in support of our children and urge my colleagues to pass the Student…

At Dedham High School in Massachusetts, providing the required vegetables in 1500 meals each week costs the district about $111 a day--but administrators report many students just throw the fresh vegetables right into the trash.

Providing students healthier meals is a laudable goal we all share, but the stringent rules are creating serious headaches for schools and students.

These new regulations have essentially put the federal government in the business of dictating the type, the amount, and even the color of food that can and cannot be served in school cafeterias.

We have a jobs crisis in this country. Millions of Americans are out of work, and yet many jobs go unfulfilled. This is especially true among young people. Part of the problem is that young Americans are faced with uncertainty when…

By combining insurance market reforms, new efficiencies created by the Marketplaces, and programs such as reinsurance that will help stabilize premiums in the new Marketplaces, the Affordable Care Act increases competition between health…

What would you say to Mr. Horne, who will pay $32,000 to provide a backstop to large insurance companies instead of having that money to reinvest in his business? Do you believe this is fair?

I want to start out this evening by saying it's been a busy day here in the Capitol and it's been a busy week--some of it good, a lot of it not so good. But it caused me to come to the floor tonight to talk with my colleagues, talk with…

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The first false solution: We need more tax revenue; we're not taxing ourselves enough, and only if we tax more, especially from the, quote- unquote, rich--those who haven't paid their fair share, quote-unquote…

We can never afford to forget that. For these reasons, I simply urge all my colleagues to support H.R. 1120 and to not listen to the nonsense that we're hearing from the other side. We believe in the worker. We believe in workers' rights…

I thank the chairman for yielding. I'm struck by the mention of fairness from the gentlelady who just spoke. What is fair is the rule of law, and that's what this country was founded on. That is the ultimate fairness. And that's what this…

I want to focus on that a bit because the impression could be left that Social Security is not part of our debt problem.

Too often we see taxpayer dollars invested in efforts to tackle our critical issues, but we rarely see a return on this investment.

The federal government has taken an active role in improving STEM education, but recent reports have shown that taxpayers' multi-billion dollar investments are failing to produce results.

This hearing provides a valuable opportunity to discuss the state of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, education in America.

I thank Chairman Ryan for his leadership as well as to thank all of the members and staff of the Budget Committee. We have a good product here. It balances. Balance is important because, until you balance, you can't even begin to start…

I thank the gentleman from New Jersey. Mr. Chairman, like speakers before me, I am thankful and appreciative that others are proposing substitute budgets. It is good to have options, Mr. Chair. It is good to have a debate. But not all…

I thank the gentleman from Georgia for yielding the time. I agree with the gentleman from Georgia. It's good to have debate. It's good to have choices. It's good to have options, but that doesn't mean every option is equally good. And…

I thank Chairman Ryan for his distinguished leadership in bringing this budget to the floor. I rise in high support of it. I also am very proud. It's one of the highest honors I have had in my short time here to serve on this committee…

I thank the chair for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of House Resolution 115, but I appreciate, quite honestly, the concerns just raised. And let me try to address some of them, if not all of them. There are victims in…