I was a strong--I was a cosponsor of the Deficit Commission, the Conrad-Gregg Deficit Commission, and I voted for it.
Why is the administration rejecting the Senate amendment and offering a proposal that only gets half the job done?
If the expenditure has already been made, then it cannot be used to do the other piece there.
In order to strengthen the defined benefit system, we need a PBGC that can respond and work with the business community.
the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation sends nearly half a billion dollars each month to retirees whose companies' pensions have gone away...
we must undertake reforms that strengthen the PBGC and our retirement system and stay away from the so-called reforms that might politicize ...
Clearly, the PBGC is facing some rough waters and will continue to face them in the future.
I'm open to legislation to improve the PBGC corporate governance--governance similar to the reforms Congress sought in the private companies...
We have also appreciated his advocacy and understanding of our issues.
In 1991--and I spoke with him on the phone recently--Senator Sam Nunn had an investigation into this same thing.
For-profit colleges account for only 10 percent of students enrolled in higher education, but those students receive 23 percent of Federal s...
Trust me, for 2 years I reported this gross deficiency to everyone who would listen, and there were many, like you Senator Enzi, who did not...
Senator Enzi, I trust that you have asked these questions honestly and in that same sense of respect and decency.
So again, I agree with my friend from Wyoming that it is about access to poor kids, but access to what? A quality education or a lifetime of...
According to the NBCC, the Department's proposed Gainful Employment Rule, will lead to 400,000 students leaving postsecondary education, it ...
I agree there is clearly a problem in higher education.
These numbers are staggering and not something the committee should ignore, especially in a down economy.
neither my intent nor my participation thus far should be fairly characterized as uncooperative.
