Jay Rockefeller: “We're going to have a full house. Well, virtually do have a full house.”

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…

Just as a follow-up to the question of funding which was addressed, CBO actually has come out with an estimate on what all of this would cost. It is not $20 billion; it is in the area of zero up to $10 billion over that period of 4 years.

Creating this program has been one of the most meaningful things I have done in my career in public service.

I ask unanimous consent to speak in a seated position. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.