Patty Murray

I think it's a policy that we need to look at and really focus on.

We're a long ways into the war in Iraq, and, with a lot of returning soldiers, we know that's going to go on for some time.

I'm frustrated that we're not doing better than we are today.

This is why I led the charge to write a strong workforce title in the HELP healthcare reform bill.

I was glad to hear you talk about the need to support and strengthen our healthcare workforce.

I think it's extremely important.

Math, grammar, interpersonal relationships.

I have introduced legislation called the Promoting Innovations to 21st Century Careers Act.

I think that we have got to have people talk together in their own communities.

You have to know how to get there.

I think that that link between education and the workforce is more important now than ever before.

Because you can look it up on Google.

By creating these partnerships, we can provide better student access and really do the right thing for our economy.

Career and college readiness has long been a focus and a passion of mine.

You need to know how to communicate it.

They do require some kind of skill training is my guess.

I really want to thank all of our distinguished witnesses today for your testimony.

One of the things we try to do in my legislation--I hope we can look at it--is try and bring local people together from business and workforce and schools.

I applaud the recent creation of the Presidential Task Force on Childhood Obesity and Let's Move program.

I am extremely concerned about the raising rates of childhood obesity.

This bipartisan legislation would require high schools to collect athletic participation rates broken down by gender, race, and ethnicity.

Nutrition and diet can make a big impact on decreasing obesity, but children's physical activity must be increased.

I am not assured that the administration sees the value of water as a clean energy source.

We cannot ignore it and we have to meet the milestones and we need to fund it.

Well, did your Department ask for input from communities like Hanford where waste destined for Yucca Mountain is currently temporarily being stored?