“Because no matter what any of us think about government in general — and no matter what we may think about programs or investments in particular — surely we should be able to agree that we should all do everything we can to make them work as well as possible,” she said in a statement. “Not just by wishing for it, and not just letting blind ideology or partisanship guide the way or undermine policies that help people — but by using evidence … facts … science — making sure our policies are aligned with what we know works — and what we know doesn’t.”