Carolyn McCarthy

I made a promise a long time ago. I made a promise to my son and to my husband. If there was anything that I could do to prevent one family from going through what I have gone through then I have done my job.

I do believe in the Ex-Im Bank. I do believe that it helps an awful lot of our people in this country.

Most Americans don't save, those who should be saving don't save.

We urge members of the Subcommittee to help credit unions by supporting corrective legislation to modernize the cap.

CTE programs, in my opinion, are critical to creating a holistic educational experience for secondary and postsecondary students.

I believe a constructive way to help combat this two-pronged nutritional crisis is to provide regular healthy meals in our nation's schools.

I believe that our nation is in the midst of a nutritional crisis.

For a nation as wealthy and influential as ours, these figures are simply unacceptable.

I firmly believe that a majority, if not all, of these issues can be solved with more robust investment in K through 12 STEM education.

Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, or STEM, education is a worthwhile investment that the Congress must consider furthering.

STEM education is a worthwhile investment that the Congress must consider furthering.

I would be remiss not to mention the importance of investment in early education.

I also believe very, very strongly as we, many of us have been working on reducing gun violence, a strong component of that is really to be able to have mental health providers in schools.

I don't want my schools to start to panic because the majority of my schools they are the safest places some of these young people go to.

I think that, you know, while this committee can do some work to make schools safer from gun violence, you know, my personal belief is that we need to do something in tandem with trying to reduce gun violence outside the school.

This Congress must make a commitment to updating and re-authorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

Each day, each month, each year passes by without reauthorization is another day, another month and another year that this country, in my opinion, is failing our children.

It is absolutely critical that teachers and school leaders be trained in digital learning practices and have the support of legislators at this pursuit.

Teachers and school leaders alike must incorporate real-world technology in education programs nationwide.

We can not have 20th century ideas covering 21st century classrooms.

I cannot emphasize enough the importance of the federal government listening to what is working locally.

I agree with our witnesses that we can not have 20th century ideas covering 21st century classrooms.

Technology has the potential to enhance and in, many ways, redefine the educational field.

One of the things that we are seeing with the charter schools, that they have the ability of not taking children with disabilities or special needs, which obviously is a burden onto our public schools because they bring down the test…