"We want it not to be business as usual. We want to not hear just about a bureaucracy, but about a people organization."
"I am hopeful that we don't see from this administration those kinds of proposals for increased copays and fees."
"this Senate has turned down those requests every time, so if you want an honest budget, it might be better to come to us without those in them."
"It is tremendously important that we have somebody at the head of this agency who is really going to tackle a lot of issues to get this country back on track."
"If we can use this time to get significant funding in there to reduce the size of those sites, it will be cost effective in the future."
"I wish it was in someone else's, but it is not. And I am responsible, as we all are, for making sure we fund that."
"We have a moral and a legal obligation--I wish we did not, but we do--to clean up those sites."
"Fear."
"We have to be smart and pragmatic and thoughtful in trying to remove those barriers."
"In this time of economic turmoil, I can think of no better way to improve our economy and maintain that competitive edge for the coming decades than investment in skills for our students today to make..."
"The mantra of the last 8 years has been No Child Left Behind. I would like to see that changed so that every child has the skill we need."