Lamar Alexander actually said...

"the Federal Government is really giving with one hand and taking away with another because the new healthcare bill... is going to add between $1.1 billion and $1.5 billion of costs."

"I wonder from whose schoolchildren we are going to borrow this money? Because we have a looming debt crisis in our country."

"I don't think taxpayers really want to support much more funding for more of the same, but they will support a lot more funding for excellence."

"I support the Secretary's notion that we really ought to focus on the 5 percent of schools that are the worst."