Political Quotes

“I rise today to voice my strong support for Dr. Cardona's nomination to serve as Secretary of Education. Across the country, students, parents, and educators are in crisis. Every day without an experienced leader at the Department of Education is a day that we are losing precious ground. Back in my home State of Washington, I heard from a mother in Yakima whose children shared one iPhone to learn. I heard from a father of a high school freshman in Spokane, worried about the social and psychological toll the pandemic is taking on his son. I heard from students at the Lummi Nation, trying to focus on remote classes while in multigenerational households on a shared, spotty broadband. I know there are so many similar stories from people in my State and across the country about how this pandemic is making life harder, the ways it has set back students from where they would be in a typical year, denied them access to critical school resources, deepened longstanding inequities, and so much more. From early education to higher education, we need to make sure students and their families have the support they need to not only get a high-quality education but to make sure every student can try. Democrats want to get students safely back in the classrooms for in- person learning as soon as possible. So I am glad the Biden administration put forward clear, science-based, public health guidance schools have long needed.…”