It is virtually impossible to compete in today's global economy without a college degree.

And what is needed to prevent them from joining gangs was ample recreation for boys as well as girls, jobs and internships for training and money, and assistance to allow their families to live in decent homes.

It is difficult to overstate the importance of the Civil Rights Act.

Present law has a process to ascertain whether or not a patient is in a persistent vegetative state, and it should not matter what politicians think.

Unequal funding resources also results in unequal educational opportunity when you consider studies that show that one half of low income students who are qualified to attend college do not attend because they can't afford to.

We live in an information and knowledge-based economy.

If we increase spending, we have got to raise taxes or any combination.