Kay Hagan

Why would you not want that for your child and your child's teacher?

Senator Hagan was talking about the information infrastructure that we have in the State, which is unparalleled.

Our graduation rate is up, and our dropout rate is down.

Ensuring that North Carolina is ahead of the curve in connecting our students with the latest technology has long been a priority of mine.

We should remember his ambition, his drive, and we should let it inspire us to achieve more than we thought was possible.

That's great. That's a very good opportunity.

But I do think it's important that people realize this is a public school that does have resources like this available to students all across North Carolina.

It's really been an economic change agent for our district.

There's no better place than here in North Carolina to be having a hearing on education technology.

I believe that other States should look to us as an example as to how we push educating our children into the 21st century.

And this is once they're there?

I think that our school and our State has determined that regardless of zip code, we're going to make sure that you have the same opportunities to study aerospace engineering no matter where you live.

Gaggle and Glogster? I'm not familiar with Glogster.

So what do you do to help those students?

What if the parent doesn't come in?

General Odierno, Admiral Greenert, General Amos, and General Welsh, how do you plan to manage these challenges and mitigate their impact on the important role SOF plays in operations around the world?

As you well know, we have to pay for maintenance eventually, and the longer we put it off, the more it is likely to cost us in the end.

If sequestration is allowed to continue, I understand that this could result in a further reduction down to 174,000, with 4,000 marines coming from North Carolina.

I have called for extending the open enrollment period and then waiving penalties for not buying insurance for 2 months to make up for the lost time that it's taking to get the site up and working.

At the end of this month, either one of two things is going to be true, either the Web site is going to be working smoothly for the vast majority of its users, or it won't.

Congressman Watt's strong record of working with industry leaders, consumer advocates, Democrats and Republicans proves that he can deliver results for middle class families across the country and in North Carolina. We need Congressman…

I believe these kinds of partnerships between employers and our community colleges are exactly what we need to get our economy back on track.

I would encourage you to continue to look for linkages between what have traditionally been workforce and educational programs.

Federal recognition is about more than federal resources and creating economic development opportunities for this community. It is about tribal identity and fairness.

It is long past time for the Lumbee to receive the full federal recognition they deserve.