. >> on to say that i cannot agree more with senator casey, the arnie duncan strong start for children act i've supported and am pleased to be the leader of that every possible matrix suggests that universal pre-k or as near as we can get to it is one of the best investments society can make. on another matter, you talked about corporate conversions, are high corporate tax rate with other countries and you mentioned that you believe it's an issue, how would you corrected because it's been demagogue by both sides in ways that are not helpful. my opinion about it i think there is a good way to address it and there's an even better way, the good way to address it would be to take a simple step of banning the practice of merging with a smaller foreign company and changing your tax over overseas, that's a step we could take today and it would reduce inversion. even better way to deal with it would be to do that at the same time that we make it more attractive to invest in the united states by reforming our business tax system. >> but ultimately want is an effective if you do not to the othe

king's former boss and would-be predecessor around any duncan -- arnie duncan had no qualms about violating similar prohibitions in no child left behind. nor has he shied away from advertising the fact that essa would function in much the same way as no child left behind. in an interview with "politico ," duncan discussed whether the ess would in fact reduce the federal government's control over america's classrooms. he was asked, quote, "how do you respond to the notion that you've had your wings clipped on your way out the door? " this was duncan's response. quote, "candidly our lawyers are much smarter than many of the folks who were working on this bill." closed quote. in other words, congress can write whatever bill it wants and the administration's lawyers will be able to figure out a way to implement it according to the preferences of the cabinet secretaries and their armies of bureaucrats. this is certainly a brazen admission of bureaucratic arrogance by former secretary duncan. but it is exactly in line with the way that dr. king approached his job as education commissioner of new