By developing a long-range nuclear capability, North Korea is trying to convince our allies that the United States will not protect them.

During the Cold War, we succeeded in convincing the Soviet Union that our extended nuclear deterrence was credible.

Our allies in Asia rely on the United States nuclear umbrella for their security.

I believe that the evidence is clear that more oversight and more accountability works for our kids.

I'm going to ask you in the follow-up questions for a commitment that what we're going to get is we're going to encourage the states to strengthen their oversight of charter schools, not to weaken their oversight of charter schools.

I think that the key to innovation is to start with having better data.

But this same population has been a prime target for fly by-night for-profit and online colleges looking to suck down more Federal student loan and Federal student aid money without actually teaching these students anything.

That is why Senators Hatch, Cassidy, Whitehouse, and I have introduced the bipartisan College Transparency Act.

So before we have a conversation about making it easier for those schools to put more students in debt, I think students need to know more about the options that are available to them.

I believe all students have the right to a high-quality education and that families should have a range of options to best meet the educational needs of their children irrespective of their zip code.

I support the whole idea that we can innovate and find more ways to serve nontraditional students.