"I guess sometimes being liberal ain't so smart."
"opening statement"
"Indian Country has a shortage of qualified educators. We have to support programs to get more teachers and principals to tribal communities."
"We are making advertisements and qualifications match the States in which our schools reside."
"Senator Tester, Vice Chairman Udall and I have a bill called the Native Educator Support and Training Act, the NEST Act."
"I am going to support all three pieces of legislation, the Johnson-O'Malley piece and the two Oregon pieces."
"I think that is a good thing."
"The President's budget is frankly anti-innovation. It does the exact opposite of what the American Energy Innovation Council recommends."
"The President has talked a lot about infrastructure, but his budget actually cuts investment in our nation's infrastructure."
"the capital improvement and maintenance spending at the Forest Service--the President's budget cuts it by 73 percent."
"There is hope that there are enough colleagues on the other side of the aisle that will not allow something to get passed that will hurt the American people..."