President Trump has announced he's going to rescind the rule.

Unfortunately, President Trump and his administration have refused to give millions of workers peace of mind by committing to defend and uphold that rule.

Do you think those 13 million workers should be paid more?

The rule that went into effect, as you mentioned, last year has been stopped by a Texas court judge right now.

The Holy Grail is finding more fair ways to pay teachers more for teaching well.

The only reason the Federal Government is really involved in education is for civil rights purposes...

I look forward to hearing from the State Chiefs about their progress in implementing our landmark education law.

The reason I supported overturning it was because we had specific provisions in the law which prohibited the U.S. Department of Education from issuing regulations.

The bipartisan leadership of Tennessee's own Sen. Alexander and Sen. Patty Murray on the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act is an excellent example of how all of us can collaborate on making our public systems…

I think the Department does need to improve its state plan submission feedback process so we know states are complying.

ESSA is basically a civil rights law. It requires the Federal Government to play a key role in the oversight of states as they implement ESSA.

If you allow practices like that, you are not promising equality of opportunity in the education to all children.

the law is not punitive. It is not about punishing schools. It is about providing resources to support students in those struggling schools.

Transparency is absolutely critical.

We felt it was important to create those three distinct categories because schools do struggle in different ways and need different levels of intervention and support.

I asked for monthly updates until all of the problems of the crisis line are resolved. VA has not done that, and that is really unacceptable.

When it comes to suicide prevent policy, to me anything less than 100 percent is not acceptable.

If a woman does not consider herself as a veteran, she does not think about going to the VA.

This increase in suicide is the most important reason yet that I believe VA has to redouble its efforts to reach out to women and get them into care.

I ask unanimous consent that Paul Thomas, a detailee in the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the first session of the 115th Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

before I begin on the nomination before us, I wish to first echo what so many of my colleagues--Democrats and Republicans--and millions of people across the country have made very clear today: enough with all of the partisanship around…

We were heartened by the bipartisan effort being spearheaded by Senators Alexander and Murray.

The Department of Education's primary responsibility is to stand up for our students.

Will each of you commit to me that you will make finalizing a transparent pay data collection by the EEOC a priority and that it will be finished in a timely manner?

I think our children are the most important investment we make, and the protections they have are critically important.