"To what extent does the promise of education get dashed on the shoals of other cultural barriers?"
"If you are going to have education you got to have opportunity that goes with it."
"The title of this hearing is 'Women's Education: Promoting Development, Countering Radicalization.'"
"I think moving into the 21st century by empowering women and giving them more space--more public space to express themselves and to be educated, to get jobs, to be involved in politics, we are going t..."
"We don't want to have a whole bunch of Ph.D.s with nothing to do."
"One thing I have been advocating on this committee for a long time is that we put our development and foreign aid dollars into printing textbooks."
"So we must ensure that promoting education for girls and women abroad remains a priority for the U.S."
"I think it is really important, as we just heard in this hearing, education is transformative. It is the key to changing the status of women."
"Every child deserves the opportunity to obtain a quality education in the best environment possible and to be given the opportunity to achieve their full potential."
"We must do everything we can to increase opportunities available to women and girls, especially in countries that are struggling to achieve peace and democracy."
"It's an unbelievable story, and it deserves much more attention."