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I think that points out, again, lots of problems at the State level.

I am looking forward to some of the other hearings in this series that will help us focus more on why so few students are completing.

I think talking about the Carolina Promise, talking about the programs that you all have, where students can transfer from community college and make sure that their credits transfer into their degree programs, I happen to think North…

I would much prefer if we just choose to support particular professions that those subsides be delivered through something, like a tax credit, that motivates all individuals to enter that profession, rather than just those who have spent…

I will tell you that I was very, very poor growing up, but I worked my way through college.

Dr. Webber, you discussed noncompletion in your testimony, and call it the biggest risk associated with going to college.

I think that it is important that, specifically, when students are going from high school to college, to also educate their parents because if you are talking about students from low economic backgrounds, it is a generational effect.

For decades, tuition and fees have risen higher than the cost of inflation.

The comparative success of the Pell Grant program has made it the cornerstone of Federal student aid.

I have long said we need bold reforms in postsecondary education, if we are going to make the system work for students again.

The Federal Government's role in trying to help families pay for college is a classic example of the unintended consequences of good intentions.

Any discussion of college affordability must involve serious questions about institutional accountability.

The high cost of college is not a question for debate. It is a matter of fact.

This hearing cuts to the heart of why postsecondary education reform is necessary, and why it is so difficult to accomplish.

The cap of Medicaid that the administration is proposing will only grow at the rate of inflation.

So it is deeply troubling to see this administration double down.

It is probably the only Federal program that consistently comes in under budget with premiums that have remained largely unchanged.

If this administration is serious about block-granting or otherwise readjusting and redefining Medicaid as we know it, we are going to be in for a real serious firestorm, not just from the Congress, but from the American people.