"Just throwing more money at something doesn't solve the problem."
"Education budgets haven't been slashed. In fact, they are on par, and have slightly gone up."
"Schools shouldn't exist for the adults in them, they should exist to serve the students in them."
"My concern, as I listen to this, is that we have employees who receive pay while on administrative leave for long periods of time, and we have people who can retire to get away from some of the impact..."
"I think we all understand you have to be right all of the time. They have to be right once."
"Upper Big Branch is a terrible reminder that bad actors will look for ways to cut corners and jeopardize the well-being of their workers despite a moral and legal obligation to make safety the number ..."
"Both your agency and this Committee share the same goal: We want to ensure strong enforcement policies that are in place so that every miner returns home to his or her loved ones at the end of their s..."
"I am pleased that those who had a hand in the Upper Big Branch tragedy are being held responsible."
"The question is whose Internet is it. I contend it is the American people's."
"The President was involved, but it was not the President that saved the auto industry; it was the American auto worker that saved the auto industry."
"The American public deserved the opportunity at this level, at this time period, to have comments and opportunity to push back."