"What a better use of our funds."
"Measuring our students against international benchmarks is an important step."
"Barring a last-minute reprieve by Virginia Governor Tim Kaine, Muhammad will die by lethal injection tomorrow at 9 p.m. Eastern."
"They changed approach and said we are going to target two-year milestones at a time."
"there must be consequences if we fail to meet the expectations imbedded in them."
"A year ago, the Council did something fairly unique, if not even impressive, and that is they admitted failure."
"We can do better."
"Thank you for holding this hearing and thank you for your leadership on the Bay challenges."
"we have the opportunity, with this Executive Order and President Obama's leadership, to put in place a plan that will get us there by a date certain."
"We can't make this effort building 100-mile-an-hour train systems, or else we're truly consigning ourselves to be a second-class Nation."
"How are we going to pay for building a high-speed rail system in this country? I think, two ways."