John Kline

Despite this considerable investment, serious questions remain as to whether these federal programs are producing the positive results our kids deserve.

Early childhood education and development programs can have a lasting influence on a child, laying the foundation for future success.

They will tell you how important it is that their children are in a safe, high-quality learning environment.

Indeed, this is an exciting time for the early childhood education.

Last fall, Congressman Hanna of New York and I introduced the Strong Start for America's Children Act, a bold, innovative 10-year federal-state partnership that would expand and improve early learning opportunities for children nationwide.

We know from years of empirical, longitudinal research that high-quality preschool leads to good short- and long-term educational and economic outcomes for children, particularly for those from low-income families.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate the courtesy of recognizing me--doesn't get you anything.

The guidance simply does not reflect the reality of family farming or the will of Congress and should be withdrawn.

We are very much in favor, at least some of us, of simplification of rules and regulations and trying to get actual outcomes and not just be caught up in paperwork.

I also rise to associate myself with the comments of the managers and am pleased to know it is their intent that the use of not-for-profit servicers continues and that not-for-profit servicers will be permitted to compete in the future for…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you to the witnesses. We are very pleased that Director Shiu could be with us today.

We have to write policy here mindful of all these things.

We are going to enforce it.

We are prohibited from telling high schools what they ought to teach.

I have got jobs. I don't have anybody who can fill it.

I visited a manufacturer in my district that makes parts of satellites that are used by the military and intelligence agencies and some commercial, and he had seven job openings for machinists--would pay $50,000 or $55,000 a year with full…

This innovation should be expanded to provide more students access to higher-quality, better-coordinated CTE.

I am discouraged by this morning's news--leaked news--that President Obama plans to announce a new national competitive grant program aimed at career education without any input from Congress.

There is broad, bipartisan agreement about the value of CTE programs.

I look forward to working with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle in hopes we can craft smart, bipartisan proposals to strengthen career and technical education in America.

What is the implementation of this law doing to you? And what I have heard is this. It is more expensive.

It was to look at the unintended consequences of that law, which is unfolding in front of us.

The president promised insurance premiums would drop 2,500 for the average family, yet for Sue and many others this is one of many broken promises.

Since former Speaker Nancy Pelosi famously declared we had to pass the president's health care plan to learn what was in it, we continue to discover disturbing details.

We now have the opportunity to build on this success and find the common ground necessary to reauthorize the Higher Education Act.