Chaka Fattah: “As research has repeatedly demonstrated, high quality teachers are the most reliable and powerful contributors to…”

This is a special day. This is probably the first day that I would have preferred to have been a member of the chairman's committee rather than of the Appropriations Committee. The committee should be congratulated for its great work on…

We have a program that works. It works in rural communities and urban communities.

I authored it some 17 years ago. Millions of young people have benefited.

I claim the time in opposition to the amendment even though my opposition is not as apparent as it might otherwise be. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Pennsylvania is recognized for 5 minutes.