I appreciate the approach the Administration is talking about, and this, in my view, Mr. Secretary, would be a transformation of Federal education policy.
They do not want this to be the only measure of their education, but they want it to be one measure.
But it seems to me we are now moving in the direction of adding another component, and that is value.
About as good a value as we can get in this country.
Do not get rid of them. Do not divest them.
This scourge has been debated for it seems like longer than--a longer running debate than the Trojan War.
This is a view that I very much share, and what is striking is outside the Senate--outside the Senate--security and econ...
I intend to fight it with whatever means I have at my disposal.
We want the Guard, whose work we support and admire, to have the tools.
I think, makes a lot of sense and ought to be our philosophical underpinnings in this area.
We don't think that energy, and particularly natural gas, should be a partisan issue.