David Price: “We look forward to continuing to confer on these matters raised today and I am sure much, much more in putting together…”

Chairwoman Wasserman Schultz, you alluded to this need in your testimony during last week's Quality of Life Hearing, and I appreciate your advocacy.

We have got a bill that creates incentives for teachers to stay in the profession.

We have about 4,100 unfilled teaching positions, paraprofessionals, other staff.

I noted in my opening statement that, like Amtrak Joe, I consider myself an advocate for passenger rail.