Carolyn McCarthy: “I firmly believe that a majority, if not all, of these issues can be solved with more robust investment in K through 12…”

It is a parent's worst nightmare to send a child to school only to learn that the child has become a victim of a crime or other incident * * * [w]e see acts of bullying that quickly escalate into outbreaks of violence.

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.

It’s like a cancer in our society. And if we keep doing nothing to stop it, it’s only going to spread.

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.