David Roe

I applaud the President when he said a long-term, sustainable economic recovery is only possible if we strengthen our education system and invest in our children.

We cannot tolerate these high dropout rates. We have to do something. Otherwise we will continue on the trajectory that we are on now, where you have these dropout factories and it is an insult to suggest that any of those dropout…

The bill that you mentioned that I have introduced, the Every Student Counts Act, requires an accurate count of who is graduating and who isn't and requires you to hit a 90 percent graduation rate--not 50, not 50 that we have now, but a 90…

By supporting the adult education programs in conjunction with improving our high schools, I think we'll find that our education system has far more successes than we give it credit for.

The most important reward out of investing in education is the hope for a better future for our country.

I believe we should look at adult education programs as an effective and necessary complement to the drop out problem.

Just graduate from high school.

Only with an educated workforce will we be able to compete in an increasingly global marketplace.

You can do that by just graduating from high school. Study. Think that is what you are throwing away.

I have seen first-hand federal programs work best when decision-making authority is left in local officials' hands.

I would encourage the Committee to look at the role that the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education program plays in reducing the drop out rate.

We still have too many who are dropping out--some because of apathy, some because they simply need to help pay the bills and put food on the table.

Just graduate from college.

As I said the other day, we have a No Child Left Behind, we should have a No Adult Left Behind also.

In Tennessee it is particularly important to remind our teenagers of the financial impact that education can have on your life.

You know how you can earn a million dollars in the next 4 years? Graduate from college. That is all you have to do.

The bottom line is that our children are the future of this nation and we must implement the laws that will shape our future for years to come.

Education has helped us, and planning, in the last few years, tremendously.

I have really appreciated your comments on planning, because it does allow us a way to handle these epidemics and pandemics.

So education has helped us, and planning, in the last few years, tremendously.

We have done a terrible job--not fuss since I have been here--about no place for people who come in to alcohol their hands off.

I think those preparations were extremely important.

If we have a severe market disruption--outbreak--and it is just a matter of time when something like that is going to happen--and you continue to have this position that you don't want this kind of a system, then I would ask you not to…

Significant improvements require a sense of urgency and strong leadership.

The experiences of these young men and women have highlighted the need for fundamental changes in care management and the disability system.