"If you do not have a number to dial to get information... we are in for a very serious situation here."
"I think that your urgency to continue this funding and this legislation speaks to the need of American people."
"This is not just what Senator Landrieu thinks might happen. This is what our government and scientists believe is probable to happen."
"I would like to say we are ready, but I am telling you we are not, in any number of areas that we have heard about today."
"I believe, if my memory serves me correctly, that the cost per student here is somewhere between $20,000 and $40,000 a year."
"I am also excited about your commitment to funding and the President's commitment to that goal of reform."
"Could you explain the decision to eliminate Even Start and propose options for the 60,000 participants who will be left without services?"
"Thank you. Mr. Secretary, I just can't tell you how encouraged I am by what I have heard this morning."
"I want to thank you for your early visit right after your confirmation to New Orleans, to see their continued effort to rebuild their school system."
"Given these programs' past successes, do you support funding this program again at the level of $5 million?"
"Will you and the Chief Architect of GSA work with my office to ensure that the agency complies with the Stafford Act and follows its own policy on Gulf Coast reconstruction projects, by allowing local..."