On the recordJuly 17, 2012
Representative Garamendi, you're offering a very powerful statement, a powerful challenge, the what-if. When you take that statement and failure to commit to our Nation's children and then contrast that with what's happening in competitor nations, where they're investing in education, investing in higher education, investing in research, investing in advanced manufacturing, these are the challenges that are facing us as a government, as a body, as a House of Representatives. {time} 2020 And if we do not respond accordingly, we're holding back the Nation. We're actually pushing us backward. This discussion here in this House ought to be about moving us forward--moving us forward with progressive policy and investments of human infrastructure.
