Retaining Navy Nurses is one of my top priorities.

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

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

I'd like to hear back from each one of you what you are doing uniquely with our families.

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

We still have a big problem out there.

I think it's extremely important.

I am offering the youth summer jobs amendment to build on the extremely successful summer jobs program that made it possible for over 313,000 young people to have a job. I have personally heard amazing stories from these young men and…

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

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

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

You need to know how to communicate it.

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.

Math, grammar, interpersonal relationships.

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.

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

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

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

You have to know how to get there.

To think that you have housing when you fight over there, but you don't have it when you come back here is a national disgrace.

I was very disturbed about the report yesterday about a young child who was allowed to direct traffic.

I think this is extremely disconcerting.

Well, if the new stories are accurate and the reports are accurate, that the fix is not working...