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.

I stand ready to help you do whatever we need to do there to make sure we are ready for that as well.

I am proud that our work together to pass a strong Recovery package is beginning to help States like Washington keep more teachers in their jobs.

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?

I look forward to further conversations with you on that.

the only way this works is when you do it in collaboration.

Now this administration often has stressed to us the importance to implementing reforms that we know and can prove are effective.

I share that goal, and as a long-time advocate for job training and education programs, it's great to have a strong partner in the White House on that.

I think we have to bridge that gap and as I told you, I will be shortly introducing legislation, again, to bring together all the players.