Bob Schaffer: “Most of all, Mr. Speaker, America's soul is found in its rural communities.”

This is the greatest environment for school reform I have seen in my career in here, in 38 years on this committee, and we should be taking advantage of it.

Most children in America are back in school this week, and parents in most areas have been provided more information about their schools and their child's academic performance than ever before. Earlier this year, Education Secretary Rod…

If you once again take a look at the bureaucratic model of getting taxpayers' cash to children, this system really serves no one well. It really creates a nightmare for public school teachers, for public school administrators. What we want…

Yes, sure, the gentleman has described it accurately. Let us just use, for example, the base benefit amount that exists in this proposal, which is $250. That would be the tax benefit to an American taxpayer.