Mr. President, I yield one hour of the time under my control to Senator Booker. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has that right.

It's nice when public policy actually gets discussed here so thank you very much.

I thank the Chair, and I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Democratic leader.

And I yield 10 minutes of my time to Senator Klobuchar. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has that right.

Mr. President, I rise today to discuss why I do not think Betsy DeVos is the right person for this very important job. As you know, I have been a long and proud supporter of our education system. I have supported public, charter, private…

And I yield 30 minutes of my time to Senator Leahy. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has that right.

Mr. President, thank you very much, and I want to thank the distinguished chairman of the Judiciary Committee for his remarks. I greatly appreciate the opportunity to work with him, and we have a number of major issues forthcoming. I rise…

Mr. Takano. Well, at this time, just this past week the committee received a letter signed by 16 organizations representing service members and veterans across the U.S. urging us not to weaken the gainful employment rule or the defense to…

And I would argue that as an example, a student that attends a vocational school maybe to become an auto mechanic or a cosmetologist, We apply exactly the same debt to income threshold to that student as we do to a say a teacher or a…

The Borrower Defense to Repayment Rule protects taxpayers and students alike against fraudulent colleges seeking to profit off Federal funds without providing a quality education.

Mr. Takano. Dr. Cruz, are you telling me this loophole specifically incentivizes for-profit institutions to target our veterans because their money is not counted as part of the total Federal funding that the school receives?

It is our responsibility to protect these individuals who have and are currently serving our country.

Mr. Takano. I want to turn now to the gainful employment regulations, Mr. Gilligan.

If the choice is between protecting student borrowers who were lied to by their schools or protecting an industry that wants relief from this rule, I will protect the student.

If they chose to aggressively site in or near people's homes cluster boxes that could safely hold packages, they would leapfrog in service capability.

We can and should make our labor force the right size going forward.

Ladies and gentlemen, it is the third quarter and you are down by 25 points, and if Tom Brady doesn't come in, the fact is you are bankrupt.

I am not trying to walk away from that provision.