Shaun Donovan: “Where are our future workers going to come from if we are leaving all these kids behind? And that is a cost we can't…”

At a time when there is too much discussion of a lack of bipartisanship, this is a bipartisan effort that I think could get done in this Committee this year.

Not only have we seen the slowest growth in healthcare costs over the last 3 years that we have seen in 50 years, but the budget goes farther.

The budget is a blueprint for the President's vision for middle class economics in the 21st century.

I want to begin by remembering that last week on the 1-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, our Nation paused to remember all those who lost their homes, their businesses, and, most tragically, lost their lives.