In my district the other day, over 25 percent of the babies born had opioids or alcohol in their bloodstream.

It is mind-boggling.

Should we be trying to move to something more like a Pre-K through 14, that is 100 percent free?

We have been looking at a higher education and a education system that really has not changed much in the last 100 and almost 50 years.

I thank you all for being here this long day. It is nearing the end.

nutrition just impacts much, much more.

that is why so many of us love being on this education committee because it is all about the investment upfront.

Do you think that lack of consistency causes us irreparable harm to our reputation?

I have been really struck by your tremendous leadership with compassion, leadership with civility, and leadership and bipartisanship.

All the Paycheck Fairness Act is trying to do is get employers to really pay attention to what is the consequences of the pay system that they set up and are responsible for.

It seems to me that quite a number of people believe that our Federal Government is not properly funding Title I.

We are instead going to create another program so that we can once again overpromise and underdeliver.

I think most South Dakotans would acknowledge that there have been good attempts by policymakers to meet their constitutional obligations.

In my district, we have heavily invested in those schools and it is not just the facility.

I represent South Dakota, and in my state, as I suspect there are in many states, there is constitutional obligation for them to adequately fund education.

I am concerned that we are rewarding bad behavior. Is my concern misplaced?

All of my children went to public schools in Johnson City, Tennessee.

We have made the tough choices. I was a city commissioner and the local mayor, and we made those tough choices, and we had to raise property taxes to do it, but we believe in education, and we funded that.

Without question. Dr. Reich, you mentioned in your testimony business can adjust to a minimal wage increase in several ways.

Raising the minimum wage is, plain and simple, the right thing to do for hard-working Americans.

Higher wages lead... to happier customers.

The key to our success was paying a fair wage.

A business isn't run from top down. A business is run on ideas, great ideas, and that is what makes it success.

We are going to have him as the king for 50 years, so 50 years we are going to enshrine an individual that is morally bankrupt.

There needs to be an independent investigation and anyone who was complicit in this decision needs to be held accountable.