Jeff Bingaman

But let's invest instead. Invest in high quality education that includes after school and extended learning.

And I think all nine really did; because to extend that learning time, you have to have transportation.

I think we really need to look at some of those programs. And those things that aren't working and if there's no data to support that they're working, we ought to get rid of them.

So essentially you got an increase in the budget that you could use there in your school because you were one of the 20 schools?

I'm not the chair of that committee. But Senator Harkin who is, has authorized us to have this hearing.

I think it's great that we're doing that. It's a feather in your cap that we were chosen to do it.

We hope that we can use some of these insights in the reauthorization of No Child Left Behind.

Let me ask about this problem with the loss of competence on the part of kids during the summer break.

That's very nice. Thank you.

You literally saved our school year. Thank you.

Our schools need both.

Senator Bingaman and members of the committee, I want to say that we can't do it alone and that Full-Service Community Schools cannot be underestimated or understated.

Thank you all for coming today. And we hope to have a good discussion here for the next hour and 25 minutes.

I certainly didn't like that idea when I was going to school.

I think online learning opens up a whole world to our students that many of them don't have access to.

I don't know exactly how we work our way out of that.

Thank you for the opportunity to address you and talk about this important topic here today.

This is a hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee.

This is an absolute misrepresentation of a program that meets the needs of all sportsmen and sportswomen whether blue collar or white collar.

Yet now, all this will be put at risk and probably discarded without a fair hearing or investigation into the concerns of most Native New Mexicans!

I believe that the Governors of these pueblos have brought to your attention this urgent concern.

I want to thank Senator Bingaman for inviting me as Governor to appear before the Committee.

It is vital that livestock grazing continue to be incorporated into any future management plans for educational and scientific research.

Turning the Preserve over to the NPS will not demonstrate nor has it been shown, that the NPS is a superior alternative.

Our Pueblo has a working relationship with the Bandelier National Monument, located nearby.