I am all about raising the bar. I am all about raising expectations and holding schools, districts, States, accountable for much better outcomes for young people.

I share Chairman Kline's opinion that there is a better way for us to get to our common goal.

Many of the districts that aren't making AYP aren't making it because of deficiencies in Special Education.

And ladies and gentlemen of the House, let's take the next 2 weeks to try to work together to do the right thing for the American people. {time} 1320 I believe that the right thing for the American people is to come up with a budget plan…

I hope that we are beginning to usher in in the next 2 weeks a season of compromise on this very important question before the country. I hope and I am confident that Chairman Rogers and Mr. Dicks are capable of striking a very sound…

There are 15 million unemployed Americans as we meet here this afternoon. Let us resolve in the next 2 weeks to put their interests first, to sensibly reduce spending where we can, to invest in education and health care where we must, and…

What would happen under the gentleman's amendment is the prescription drug price of this senior would go up dramatically, and he would have to pay the entire cost of that prescription until he hit, I think, the $5,100 limit. This is…

For 15 million Americans, this is another Friday night without a paycheck. And instead of working together to create jobs, here we are again relitigating the health care bill, the bill we talked about last year, last month, last week…

All across the country this morning, millions of Americans got up for another day of searching the job search Web sites or looking at the want ads, enduring another day of courtesy interviews, pointless discussions with potential…

Members of both parties should oppose this amendment because it rests on three misjudgments. The first misjudgment is that the wages established by this Davis-Bacon practice are union-imposed wages. The fact of the matter is they are…

I join a strong coalition of Democrats and Republicans in urging a ``yes'' vote on the Kline-Hastings amendment. I do so because I believe that every student should be guaranteed the right of knowing that he or she is going to get a high…

The issue raised by this amendment is to whom does this Congress belong; in whose interests are the Members of Congress working. Now, Mr. Chairman, every one of our constituents will draw a conclusion about that question based upon how we…