Lamar Alexander actually said...

I introduced the Local Level Act to explicitly prohibit the Federal Government's role and involvement in that.

The Department of Education, I believe, is going beyond the statute in issuing conditioned waivers to force State adoption of policies.

I am concerned about the recent administration efforts to sidestep Congress on our congressional intent.

If Washington doesn't make us do it, the teachers union and opponents from the right will make it impossible for us to have higher standards...