I think we need to identify the bottlenecks, we need to be ready to really roll up our sleeves across a lot of different sectors.
We have significant bipartisan support in the Senate for moving on several tracks at the same time and with the hope tha...
Imagine a day when the United States is without nuclear power. That's a day I don't want to see in our country's future.
So you support opening Yucca Mountain?
The law says it should, the court says the law says that, and the scientists say it's safe for a million years there.
I wanted to let States have the option to take most of their Federal dollars and turn them into scholarships for low-inc...
my hope is that by restoring responsibility to the States and classroom teachers, it inaugurates a new era of innovation...
opening statement
We did not want the U.S. Department of Education defining for States what their academic standards were to be, period.
I was the United States Education Secretary when this law was passed 25 years ago, and there was a lot of pride in it be...
Am I correct that two major goals of the Act were from the beginning to allow each State maximum flexibility in developi...