Mr. Chairman, if you do not mind, I would just like to say that when I was governor, in the area in Ohio where you lived, in Toledo, we were able to work an agreement that basicall...
They have allocated, what, $125 million over 10 years?
The District's dropout rate is less than 50 percent, and it is a tragedy in the country that 50 percent of the kids in the urban districts a...
One of these days I would like to come out and visit a couple of your schools. I have not done that yet.
It has been an unfunded mandate and something that you can argue and say that you definitely--it is a Federal responsibility and one that we...
I think one of the areas that we really are failing in--and the Title I money, are you using any of that Title I money for pre-school?
I have a unique appreciation for the perspectives of State and local officials as we contemplate national policy.
The other thing that I think that we need to talk about, candidly, is that unless we can bring China and India and the other developing nati...
It is interesting that we had a hearing with all of the coal producers yesterday, Senator Carper and I did, and they said that they are real...
Quite simply, we are not fostering an environment that is friendly to business.
That this bill will cost my State and the country jobs, I think, is without dispute.