Todd Russell Platts: “I have always looked at our nation as being the land of opportunity. And one of the keys to being the land of…”

We have to provide much greater transparency so young people and their families can make good choices.

And public education, and one of our colleagues who we both had the privilege to serve under when he was chair of our committee as well.

If the gentlelady will yield, I would add it's been a great privilege to serve with you here and to travel. You'll enjoy a story from that trip when we were visiting the Special Forces in the Philippine Islands. This past September, I was…

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.