Rob Andrews: “I am all about raising the bar. I am all about raising expectations and holding schools, districts, States, accountable…”

Provocation is not the goal of these questions; a sober analysis is.

Reclaiming my time, the Senate passed a bill to keep the government running at your numbers that you wanted in budget. We are asking, give every Member of this House a fair up-or-down vote on that bill. Will you do that? I yield to the…

I believe that this rebalancing is the right priority for the country.

The best scenario of the four is the status quo, which is grim. The other three compete in terms of their grimness.