John Tierney: “this is stunning, I really have to say, this whole display of being concerned about a consumer group...”

The risk that you have is that the board may disagree with you, and then that is the risk that Mr. King takes.

At this point, I would like to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Connecticut, Joe Courtney, who has been a strong member of the committee and an advocate of workforce investment for some time.

At this time, I would like to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Texas, Ruben Hinojosa, who has been deeply involved in the passage of this bill.

The record isn't great on special ed, other than all of the rhetoric from elected officials about how much they support it.