John Kline: “One of the most promising strategies to promote excellence in the classroom is the concept of performance pay.”

Nothing excuses the fact that what it is proposing is simply unlawful.

We owe it to them to set aside our political differences and come to the table to find a bipartisan solution that secures their future.

During the eight long years our team spent working to pass this bill, no topic was more hotly debated than that of annual testing. . . In the end, we arrived at a fair and sensible compromise in the law: Keep the requirement that the same…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 15-minute vote on ordering the previous question will be followed by a 5-minute vote on passing the joint resolution, the objections…