I am leaving Congress this year after 36 years of service.

I taught school for 12 years.

Alternative certification is only one tool. It is not the answer by itself.

We must ensure quality and accountability for both types of programs through data systems that measure effectiveness.

As a former teacher myself, I believe the conversation about teacher quality is a very important one.

We look forward to a second day of hearings on this topic.

Unfortunately, our request was refused.

Are there elements of the Canadian system that perhaps we could emulate, embrace, or are there some elements that we should avoid?

I do worry about to make sure that we thoroughly examine the possibilities because aside from the DNA being basically the same...

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I thank the gentleman for his courtesy. Madam Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to this bill which is grossly inadequate in renewing vital protections for domestic violence victims. For the first time, we have a VAWA authorization that…