No skill shapes a child's future success in school or in life more than the ability to read.

The fight for reform comes down to a simple goal: giving our citizens the confidence that government serves the people first and the people only.

If my house is on fire, I don't need the fire chief telling me I should not have built the house out of wood. I need somebody to put the fire out.

When money follows results - we will get more results for our money

The amount of money we spend on education is important, but not nearly as important as how the money is spent.

Drugs are the enemies of ambition and hope - and when we fight against drugs we are fighting for the future.

The men and women who serve in our military have won for us every hour we live in freedom, sometimes at the expense of the very hours of the lifetimes they had hoped to live.