I cannot vote blindly for Pell grants and college student loans knowing that this kind of predatory lending is going on,...
I guess we have a choice to make. Do we cut these kids off at the knees?
I think the current law, I have said repeatedly, is far too punitive.
It has turned into almost an open spigot of taxpayers' dollars being siphoned off to hedge funds, Wall Street.
We want to fix the law in a common sense way.
If you are a graduate student, you are probably going to get a pretty good job when you get out.
I believe the combined Federal, State, and local budget cuts pose a grave threat to education reform efforts across the ...
The United States fulfills its treaty obligations under the Vienna Convention, and we do protect Americans abroad.
As we were visiting before the meeting started, I said I was skeptical, and my questions will probably reflect that skep...
Mr. Chairman, I think I will yield back my time because I have got to go, and thank you for your courtesies.
An unpassed bill has no legal authority.
Access to affordable health care coverage means that middle-class workers are no longer one injury or illness away from ...
The Affordable Care Act and the implementation of regulations to make it a reality are making a huge difference in the l...
Why is it so much to ask for your company and others to look for American workers first and foremost?
The attention that Senator Durbin, I, and others have put on the H-1B program has had an impact already without the legi...
Our bill would also require companies to attest that they have tried to hire an American worker before they hire a forei...
Americans don't expect to be rich or privileged, but they do expect to be treated fairly and they deserve to have the op...
For years, our country has struggled to find a way forward on immigration reform.
