Thank you, Senator Alexander.
How do we turn that around to say that, 'If some kid wants to study hard and become an engineer, you know what, that's p...
I don't think that any of us fully appreciate the far reaches of poverty on children.
we have the highest rate of childhood poverty of any major country on Earth, far higher than most of the European countr...
Do we appreciate, and are we inculcating our young kids with, the understanding that intellectual development is a good ...
Do you think, as a nation, we really take intellectual development seriously?
Many of the kids who are coming into school are already--especially from low-income families--already pretty far behind.
President Reagan fought hard for a 5 cents per gallon gas tax that included transit funding and he made a promise to, th...
If we are going to be a strong, competitive Nation economically, we are going to have to adjust this problem at one poin...
I do not think there is any debate, no matter what your politics may be, progressive or conservative, bridges falling do...
I come from Vermont, one of the most rural States in the country, and we have exactly those problems as well.