To reach the ambitious education goals we have set for our Nation, as well as to ensure equality of access and opportunity for all, we must provide the support that will enable African American students to improve their level of educational achievement through rigorous and well-rounded academic and support services that will prepare them for college, a career, and a lifetime of learning.
She argued for curbs on "legal loan sharks", in an intelligent and assured speech in a backbench debate in February - but her best moment came when she rounded on the Government when it declined to support her.