"A lot of kids in poorer areas can't do that, and they shouldn't be held hostage in poor-performing schools forever because they only have one chance to get that education."
"Education shouldn't be a mystery. We should know exactly what our kids are doing."
"I think the control needs to be back at the local level."
"When you have a situation where more veterans are dying of suicide than combat then we have a huge problem in this country."
"Is there a way that we can speed up the hiring of the caseworkers, or turf that out so we can get these veterans off?"
"That has become a real passion of mine."
"Obviously there are situations where veterans are taken advantage of."
"But they're not acting independently?"
"I want to apologize to you personally for what you have had to go through, and I want to thank you for the service of your son."
"I would hope that would never happen."
"we need to be working for her, not against her. And I'm beyond frustrated when I heard her testimony."