Roy Blunt actually said...

"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."

"People like me, who are the first person in their family to graduate from college, often have a different set of aspirational goals and a sense of what college might mean to them."

"I guess one of my biggest concerns with the budget submitted is that it appears to be well beyond the amount of money that the law would currently allow us to spend on these issues."

"I look forward to working with the Subcommittee to secure support for the President's 2016 Budget for education."