"It is really important to me that our airmen have everything they need to fight our wars overseas, both today and in the future."
"I am very worried about our domestic industrial base. I am worried about its long-term ability to provide our military forces with what they need to accomplish their national security missions."
"Which means other things would be left off the table?"
"Thank you Chairman Harkin and Senator Cochran for holding today's hearing to discuss the need to invest in education and prepare our young people to succeed in school and beyond."
"I think the community colleges play a huge role in this, sort of, trajectory of education continuum."
"I am pleased that your budget proposal has some significant increases in Pell grants, teacher quality, State grants, school leadership for principals, and literacy efforts."
"I share President Obama's goals, and as a long-time advocate for job training and education programs for our workers, I am glad to have a strong partner in the White House."
"So our work on the Recovery package to support our schools is very important."
"I know that a strong, sustained investment in Head Start is the only way that this program can continue to be effective."
"I am more interested in what I call the opportunity gap, of how we get the best and brightest educators."
"My concern is that the program that goes out to the States, so it sounds good when you say it to us, I just want to know how it's going to be implemented?"