Yes. One issue I wanted to bring to your attention quickly is the issue of suicides and suicide prevention...
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 th...
Fear.
We have a moral and a legal obligation--I wish we did not, but we do--to clean up those sites.
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.
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.
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 coun...
Making sure that we empower our local communities to provide a pathway for all of our students to the careers of tomorrow is extremely impor...
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.
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 deca...
We have to be smart and pragmatic and thoughtful in trying to remove those barriers.