Michael Bennet

“We have to end political gerrymandering in this country. We have to end it.”

“Our goal in Washington must not be to impose but to expect and assist: Expect the most of educators and students and assist them as they work together to meet those expectations. Rather than tightening our grip, we should set clear, ambitious goals and support innovative local efforts to achieve them.”

“Teaching is hard. It takes years to master the technically demanding work and a lot of effort to do that work well.”

“I think if we can get people focused to do what we need to do to keep our kids from being stuck with this debt that they didn't accrue, you might be surprised at how far we can move this conversation.”

“Before I was in the Senate, I was a superintendent of the Denver Public Schools, and before that, I was in business.”

“We don't have to settle for disgraceful politics. We don't have to settle for being as terrible as Donald Trump.”

“Often times, political games prevent senators from even beginning to debate some of the most important issues.”

“I believe there's not a harder job in the world than being a teacher, and there isn't a job with a more direct impact on the performance of our students.”

“Our ability to compete for the jobs of tomorrow depends, above all, on our capacity to educate children today.”

“While NCLB drove important progress on transparency and data disaggregation, I think it's clear that the status quo in public education is not working for our kids or our country.”

“As we all become increasingly reliant on social networking websites and new technologies to stay connected, it's important to remain cognizant of how private personal information and data is handled.”

“Electoral victory is not an end in itself. It is intended to set in motion a pluralist process to resolve our disputes and move the country forward.”

“To protect our country's economic future and the health and well being of all Americans, we must find a way to rein in out-of-control costs, provide quality, affordable health care choices to all, and make outrageous insurance industry abuses a thing of the past.”

“Local school districts should be free to adapt their academic programs in ways appropriate for their community, but we cannot allow mindless budget shortfalls to force wrongheaded changes to our children's education.”

“Listen, I, I did vote - I did cast a vote for health care, and I also said that I thought the process was horrible. The status quo before we passed health care was also horrible.”

“We've got a lot of work to do: not only on education, but on the economy, on our tax code, and on reducing our crushing debt.”

“Ensuring all kids have access to an effective, talented teacher needs to be a national priority.”

“I'm not a career politician, so the ways of Washington may be a little obscure to me.”