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Reclaiming my time, I appreciate the gentlewoman's leadership in the Fifth District and throughout Indiana. It is just another example of, frankly, how we believe our State is great. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr…
I thank the gentleman. I quickly want to turn our attention and yield to the gentleman from Indianapolis, Mr. Andre Carson. He represents Indiana's Seventh Congressional District. Like us all, he is a fierce advocate for the different…
We are either going to live in a country where we all are equal under the law, and the law is followed, or we are going to live in a country that is dictated by bureaucrats, which one is it going to be?
However, that is exactly what this proposed rule would do, and the consequences will be significant.
This proposal changes the long-standing policy that federal funds supplement--rather than supplant--state and local resources.
The best chance we have to accomplish that critical goal is to ensure that the Every Student Succeeds Act is implemented according to the letter and intent of the law as we wrote it.
The administration was not implementing the law in a way that respects its letter and intent.
If you are going to run a free Republic, we need engaged citizenry who can question our government, decipher the role between government and the individual, the Federal Government and State government, on and on.
We have a rule with some kind of proceeding, sounds like a kangaroo court, based on untruths, half-truths, lack of transparency, facts that were not allowed to come into evidence, and testimony that was literally cut off.
What do you think about flexibility grants or block grants or making finite--instead of an open-ending fee for service kind of structure--what about taking a finite amount of money and saying look, this is what you have to spend, State X…
The Federal education bureaucracy certainly has grown immensely. I would argue it has gotten out of control.
Whenever possible, I believe we need to act on our responsibility to ensure a leaner and more accountable Federal Government.
Make no mistake, if we stay on our present course, no one disputes that the country they inherit will be mired in debt, plagued by a weak economy, and left with fewer opportunities to earn a lifetime of success.
The concerns I have with out-of-control spending and skyrocketing debt is not just about dollars and cents, it is about the kind of future we are leaving our children and grandchildren.
I would say embezzled, from taxpayers to use on other things? That's embezzlement.
ESSA is clear: Education decision-making now rests with the States and districts, and the Federal role is to support and form those decisions.
There is no question that replacing No Child Left Behind was an important achievement, one that will improve K-12 education for students and families.
The new law repeals onerous federal requirements and ensures important decisions affecting education--like standards, accountability, and school improvement--are made by state and local leaders, not Washington bureaucrats.
Congress promised to restore State and local control over K-12 education, and now it's our job to ensure that promise is kept.
Reclaiming my time, I appreciate that, Mr. Chairman. It is important for Congress to give the term ``critical commerce corridor'' meaning. We have seen the dangers of leaving terms undefined and of relying on the agency to create a…
I thank the gentleman for supporting the amendment. The reasons he is supporting are completely wrong. We have increased Federal spending, as the gentleman knows, on education over 300 percent since the Federal Government has been…
This is about leadership, as Mr. Payne so rightly suggested. And it is about creativity. And it is about flexibility.
While these regulations are well intended, states and schools are struggling to comply with them, and the very children we aim to serve are paying the price.
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