"I believe to be executive overreach on the charter schools policy."
"I agree with the 18 Republican Governors who have recently called for your department to pull back proposed regulations."
"I believe that States, not the U.S. Department of Education, should continue to be responsible for what charters they do or do not authorize."
"Not only is this inflationary, but there are also people making literally hundreds of thousands of dollars a year who aren't being asked to repay their student loans."
"I have introduced legislation called the, quote, 'can't Cancel Your Own Debt Act,' to prohibit Members of Congress from voting to forgive their own student loans."
"Programs like civics education should be used to bring our country together and focus on our own commonalities while teaching respect for our differences."
"Quite frankly, the regulations, in our view, would dismantle, you know, frankly, a successful Federal, State, and local partnership that really has enabled millions of children to have a public educat..."
"I would like you to at least consider delaying changes to the program--these are pretty major changes--until next fiscal year."
"I have district concerns in both those areas. We have, as you know, a large Native population in Oklahoma."
"Mr. Cole. I would appreciate it, because I agree very much with your basic point."
"I would ask you to really look carefully, Mr. Secretary, at this charter school issue."
"I would ask you--and you acknowledged this--to look at Impact Aid and Indian education."