"We thank you for our Fiscal Year 2019 appropriation, which exceeds $8 billion for the first time."
"From 1995 to 2015, Michigan ranked last in total education revenue growth. And not surprisingly since 2003, Michigan ranks last in proficiency growth."
"I graduated from Seaholm High School. I don't know if you have ever had a chance to visit Seaholm."
"It strikes me that just because you are a resident of Birmingham, Michigan, ... it shouldn't mean that if you are a resident of Detroit ... you shouldn't have the same opportunities."
"Your budget proposes to eliminate billions of dollars in K-12 programs ... and one of my personal favorites, STEM education."
"I just really wonder if charter schools are the answer here where as it really should be the Title I funding."
"The Inspector General found waste, fraud, abuse due to the frequency of school closures in the Charter School Program."
"It's certainly a great day when we can dive a little bit deep."
"$16 billion in sales, $1.7 billion in cost savings, $4 billion in new client investments, and more than 122,000 jobs created or retained at a total cost of $140 million."
"Sometimes being in Congress is like being on a boat. There are two sides of the aisle."
"Insolvency is not an option and it doesn't have to be."
"I am a proud cosponsor of H.R. 397 the Butch Lewis Act."