Jay Rockefeller: “It is imperative that the public and private-sectors marshal our collective forces in a collaborative and complementary…”

I thank Senator Leahy for attempting to address my concerns about this bill. I thank his committee staff for working with my committee staff to insert clarifying report language.

We are talking about dealing with everything from continuing resolutions, all of the appropriations, what are we going to do about ISIS, and all the rest of it, in a lame duck session forum.

today, I rise to reintroduce the Incentives to Educate American Children, or I TEACH, Act of 2014. With teacher retention rates on a steady decline nationwide, it is my hope that this legislation will encourage our best and brightest…

It is not right to shift the added financial burdens onto working families when a cost-effective solution for maintaining the coverage they already have exists.