I know that there are Members on this Committee whose districts were hit hard and you have my commitment that the Department will continue to work with those communities to provide all the assistance and support we can.

I thank the gentlelady, Ms. Foxx, for yielding. Madam Chair, I rise in support of H.R. 2117, the Protecting Academic Freedom in Higher Education Act. The legislation before us today is driven by a simple goal: to ensure Washington isn't…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 303, noes 114, not voting 16, as follows: [Roll No. 79] AYES--303…

the idea of dropping the maintenance-of-effort provision is particularly ill advised

We urgently need Congress to reauthorize the ESEA law because for the past 10 years American schools have lived under a law that I have referred to as--it reminds me of the old Clint Eastwood movie, 'The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly,'…

I was sadly disappointed the president's budget came out and once again there is no increase for special ed funding.

The federal government should not dictate state and local spending decisions as a condition of receiving federal funds.

Unlike the administration's plan to offer temporary waivers that keep schools tied to a failing law, the proposals before us today take a step closer to enacting lasting education reforms that will raise the bar for student achievement and…

We are proud to stand with the voices of opposition to these bills.

The combined effect of these bills is to rely on state-designed accountability systems, state-designed academic standards and state-designed assessments.

Again, I want to thank Chairman Kline for these proposals to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, what today we refer to as No Child Left Behind.

I commend Chairman Kline for offering a bill that acknowledges and respects that it is the state and local leaders who are driving education reform.