Todd Russell Platts: “Too many families do not receive the early support they need to ensure that their children have appropriate and healthy…”

I think our commitment needs to be to public education.

A key to our success was having an educated citizenry if we were to be an effective democracy.

I do not support vouchers that take money out of the public school system, first of all because we promised 40 percent of special ed, 1975, and we are funding less than 20 percent of that commitment.

I am the lead Republican with Mr. Donnelly on the America Works Act, which is to then promote the--what has been discussed here to some degree already--the nationally recognized, very portable skill credentials.