I don't think any of them ever ran a school district. And some of the consequences that flowed from that legislation on schools and on school districts were quite consequential.
That's what federalism is all about, and we need to give more credit and credibility to that concept.
I mean, if there's a place where we have the intersection between the Federal Government and state and local governments, it's the Census.
I could not get colleagues to focus on it. Like, we had to provide some relief here.
if you think the Federal Government has never been involved in school construction, I'll be glad to take you to Mount Vernon High School
To me, that's almost self-evident because--to this enormous question--but we haven't had a seat at the table.
Isn't there something wrong with deporting the dad and keeping the infant?
Codifying it gives you some predictability, gives Federal employees who work on the program, you know, an anchor to guide them.
I think through automation and also transparency--I think the metrics reporting and being able to track over time...
One of your recommendations to us was a power agency authorization instead of the JAB.
And that's millions of dollars and multiple years for a medium-sized, maybe small-to medium-sized business, and that's maddening to people.