Yes. One issue I wanted to bring to your attention quickly is the issue of suicides and suicide prevention...

Making sure that we empower our local communities to provide a pathway for all of our students to the careers of tomorrow is extremely important.

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.

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 sure they can secure good jobs…

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.

We have a moral and a legal obligation--I wish we did not, but we do--to clean up those sites.

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.

As we discuss the best way to stimulate our economy, I believe three points are clear.

For years I've said that if we don't invest in the growth and development of America's workers, our families, our communities, and our Nation will suffer in the long run.