While I commend President Obama for increasing the maximum Pell grant award to $5,785, I strongly believe that all feder...
In my view, bolstering investments in Pell Grants and ensuring the program's long-term sustainability is vitally importa...
Clearly, one of the things here is what we can do to try to make the package that we give students more generous.
Again, I know the Navy has been trying to focus on trying to extract as many savings out of the requirements process.
So you have no assurance right now from the Department of Defense as to when or whether it will go forward?
The numbers are generally improving. We have month-to-month variations, but over time the unemployment rate for veterans...
Unemployment among veterans is one of my major and paramount concerns.
I thank the President for increasing the resources available to our veterans in a very difficult time, fiscally.
We are committed to it, and we await the Department of Defense's signaling to us that we have agreement here.
Your budget request is impossible to be met under those circumstances; is that correct?
The Budget Control Act set budget caps through 2021. They are estimated to cut nondefense discretionary spending by roug...
expanded mission cannot be accomplished without modest increases in resources.
I do not believe that those trade implications ought to take precedence over the safety of the food and the public healt...
It is over 60 percent, as I understand it, Mr. Secretary.
I hope I can get that commitment from you here this morning.
I want to, again, just end by applauding the work that you did with Congress last year.
I was wondering if you have anything you can share with us this morning about where you see that headed.
I want to thank you for the work that you did in the last Congress regarding the force structure change with the Air Nat...
