Certainly the carrot versus the stick approach hopefully is effective.

My concern is the overwhelming majority of students who are still in the school that they left.

If we have extra money let's keep our word first to the public schools.

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.

I want to thank you for your efforts in the reauthorization, as well as the full committee chair and all the members, both sides of the aisle, who understand the importance of this reauthorization and that we not just do it but do it well.

our involvement in their education is key.

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

access to affordable, quality education--basic education and higher education--is key to us remaining that land of opportunity

My concern is that the president's budget proposal is trying to reinvent the wheel at the expense of proven and critically needed Perkins programs.

I believe a good indicator of future performance is past performance, in terms of meeting these workforce needs.