Political Quotes

“I rise today to express my support for the Every Student Succeeds Act. I am pleased that the Senate was able to come together on a bipartisan basis to pass meaningful education reform, and I commend Senator Murray and Senator Alexander for their leadership on this bill. I would like to speak about three things this bill does that I strongly support and that I believe are of particular importance. First, the bill supports financial literacy programming. Family financial literacy programming can ensure that our Nation's parents and children have the skills necessary to properly utilize credit, finance an education, manage a household budget, and plan for retirement. I believe that we must do all we can to help our Nation's parents and students succeed in every aspect of their lives. Second, the Every Student Succeeds Act addresses the lack of data on dual status youth--children who come into contact with both the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. Many at-risk children lack stable home lives, and they are frequently funneled through the school-to- prison pipeline. I was happy to work with the chairman and ranking member to include language in the bill that will help us identify and assist our most vulnerable youth. Finally, I was happy to join Senator Gardner in introducing language that will begin to help schools address the dual enrollment availability gap by enabling high schools to expand access to such programs using title I funding.…”