Part of Washington keeping its promises is a focus on directing more dollars into our local classrooms.

Asian countries produce eight times as many engineering bachelors as the United States, and the number of U.S. students graduating at the masters and PhD levels in these areas is declining.

Too many vital education dollars that should be spent in the classroom are bouncing around in the federal bureaucracy.

As a Member of Congress, I've continued my family's tradition of focusing on education.

Overseas, America's fighting men and women have been waging war against those who would attack America and plunge the world into a period of darkness, and their success can easily be seen.

There are some scary statistics out there: one in five kids aged 10-17 have received a sexual solicitation or approach via the Internet.

We must be willing to pay inspiring math and science teachers, who have high paying alternatives in industry, more to teach and reward students who take more challenging courses in high school.