Roy Blunt actually said...

"I hope we can work together to find common ground of prioritizing, even in the early stages of marking up the budget, the kinds of things you believe and we agree would have the most impact on making ..."

"I am, certainly, always more receptive to those things we do that encourage local school districts to try things, rather than to tell them that they have to do things that apply all over the country."

"Mr. Secretary, thank you and your staff for your time today. And we look forward to working with you."

"it's a major problem like the ratings will be a major problem if somehow your school is suddenly rated by some matrix of not filling out the form"