"Certainly, this is a bipartisan law, and I believe if fully implemented, it will fulfill congressional intent and honor the Elementary and Secondary Education Act's civil rights legacy to promote and protect the right to educational opportunity for our Nation's most vulnerable children."
"Congress did not agree, however, to remove or waive compliance with the SNS requirement."
"The most important fiscal accountability provision in the entire law."
"the intent of the law was equity, that the intent of the law is to at least give every child a fighting chance."
"We know that for our low-income students, they do better in schools that are socioeconomically diverse."
"We made school diversity a priority in our competitive grant programs."
"Today is Congressional Foster Youth Shadow Day, and today I have a foster student with me."
"I mean I have heard on two occasions today that there is some role for the Federal Government, and I am happy to hear that."
"I represent one of the poorest districts in America, so this is extremely important to me."
"Perkins' funding has declined by 24 percent since 1998. So if we need these programs, certainly we need to take a look at how we fund them."
"I am hopeful that is something we can do on a bipartisan basis. It makes all the sense in the world."