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 t...
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 responsibi...
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 f...
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 o...
It is interesting that we had a hearing with all of the coal producers yesterday, Senator Carper and I did, and they sai...
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.