This document contains a transcript of prepared remarks for Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to the House Education and Labor Committee. The Secretary discussed provisions for education in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund to supplement state budgets. The Secretary also noted an expanded commitment to educational reform in his fiscal year 2010 budget, starting new programs and expanding existing ones to address priorities in early childhood education and literacy, and making permanent changes to ensure post-secondary access to student aid and loans.