Glenn Thompson

I believe that the federal government should require targeted outcomes to ensure CTE consistency through developing common goals.

Ensuring equitable access to high-quality CTE programs is, and should continue to be, a priority for a reauthorized version of Perkins.

The three most important things that the federal government can do are (1) recognize innovative, technology based solutions...

One of the keys is the active involvement of industry in setting priorities for technical training funding.

The federal government needs to ensure that those receiving Perkins funds are spending those dollars in the most effective way.

As we look toward reauthorization of the Perkins Act, what is the most important thing the federal government can do to help you ensure all students have access to high-quality CTE programs?

As co-chair of the Congressional Career and Technical Education Caucus this is a subject obviously I am pretty passionate about.

I appreciate you saying you are cautious about it, but I will say it has been costly.

I am just appalled that you are not sending it out there, because you assume that the States don't have resources to do anything with it.

Well, Director, let me just say the cost benefit analysis is a safeguard for American citizens.

I think that the impact on the States--the States should be fully engaged, collaborative partners.

Let me restate again, I recognize there's two different programs. There is one program that was created in 2008 that nongovernmental programs can participate in. There's not capacity within the Forest Legacy Program, Mr. Chairman, to add…

I just note that my good friend from New York--and I appreciate his passion on this--but the organizations you named already have opportunities under the Community Forest Program. And we have two rather unique programs, one that already…

The majority of folks on Medicaid cannot find physicians, let alone specialists such as pediatricians.

In April 2013 Pennsylvania's governor, Tom Corbett, met with you to ask that you work with the commonwealth to ensure that the children will not be affected by the implementation of the ACA.

I am worried that the vote that I cast may have been in vain now that Pennsylvania's CHIP program is under threat by the Affordable Care Act.

I really encourage you to do that.

I need to address an issue that is very near and dear to my heart as a--actually a couple in Pennsylvania.

I just ask your oversight that we fulfill these mission essentials until the last set of boots are out of Afghanistan.

It doesn't sound like you support 'not all of the above,' you support 'none of the below.'

I personally see that as a good thing. My perception is that as we do that, and that progresses, I look at North America as a whole in terms of energy production.

Do you prioritize public feedback to honor the original agreements when this land was taken out of the private sector and put into the public sector as national forest?

Some in Congress were also concerned that parties such as environmental groups were using taxpayer dollars from agencies' limited funding to sue the government.

I find it very disheartening that my friends on the other side of the aisle would cut funding to the lone program designed to prevent listing and then complain that too many species are being listed.

We can work on these issues together.