I think one of the areas I hope to talk about is adult education and what it means to try to bring remediation and assistance.

I would like to begin by very quickly for the record introducing the first panel.

Our economy faces many challenges. Millions remain out of work, and the labor participation rate has declined to thirty-year lows.

So there is a legitimate business decision that is going to have to be made based on cost in dollars and cost in time.

I hate that we are in this position. Because I can't speak for the Ranking Member, but I think that he and I both believed that we had addressed this in the National Defense Authorization Act.

the advances made in charter schools... have helped lift all those boats.

we need to do better for our kids on the whole.

we did not cut a dime from IDEA. We didn't address special education.

The charter school model began in 1991 when my home state of Minnesota passed legislation to create the nation's first charter schools.

We cannot make these families wait any longer for the education their children need and deserve.

this hearing might evoke a sense of deja vu. Not too long ago, we debated a nearly identical ambush election rule proposed by the National Labor Relations Board that would stifle employers' free speech and cripple workers' free choice.

The ambush election proposal gives employers only seven days to find legal counsel and appear before an NLRB regional officer at a pre-election hearing.