It is people who are currently working who are paying a lot in taxes to provide for these programs, which people who may never have worked in the real world are making decisions on how to spend.

one of the things we are all concerned about is the issue of transparency and making sure that people have the kind of information that you are gathering

these are the partnerships we embrace and hope to replicate

we are very proud of Virginia's longitudinal database system because it is providing a way where we can come together with the State agencies

the federal government does not need to spend more money to facilitate these investments

those in Washington have a responsibility to weigh carefully any federal action to ensure that such actions will not create greater costs for students and schools, particularly in these tough economic times.

It is simply unacceptable to allow the NLRB to judge whether a private academic institution has sufficient religious character.

We are not fiddling while Rome burns; we are looking at the issues, we are looking at the threats to our Constitution that have been established by this administration.

I think part of the reason we have gotten into this situation... is the problems with the NLRA.

Unfortunately, we have been brought to this point by the bad policies of the Obama administration and the Democrats who are in charge of the Senate.

protecting religious freedom--which is the first part of our First Amendment to the Constitution, and it is no accident that it is in that place--is probably the most important thing we could be doing in this Congress.