These institutions should be held accountable, but we must be careful not to limit the choices available to students.

The President has set the goal of the United States leading the world in college graduates by the year 2020.

When I speak of Pennsylvania, I think it's emblematic of a lot of places. We are, in our State, at about 9.1 percent unemployment.

Now, at the same time, I'm sure some anxiety in Pennsylvania is connected to the fact that our deficit--our primary budget deficit--has grown to levels that frighten people, and our accumulated external debt adds to their anxiety.

What we know from 40 years of experience is that people do better in the community than in institutions, no matter their age. They learn new skills, develop new competencies, and appear to be much happier.

We admire very much the efforts that you and your colleagues in Congress have made to highlight the importance of free access to information on the part of Iranians, which is a universal right.

I know in our State, in Pennsylvania, there are still, by one estimate, as many as over 1,200 people still living in five State-run institutions.

I urge you to be a strong voice for the use of those enhanced authorities.

What is often not recognized is the considerable attention that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the States have placed on quality assurance.

I want to thank both of you for being here and for your testimony and for your service at a tough time in our Nation's history.

I will not support any kind of mandate for consumers because we recognize there is a wide range of circumstances and need.

We need to provide employers with more guidance, more tools, and more protection to encourage them to offer a range of options to their employees.

In the absence of a lot of complaints, I can understand why you may not be at this point yet, assuming there will be health effects as it relates to children.

Comcast, as it is well known, is a major constituent of mine in Pennsylvania.

I would urge you, General Varney, to take a look at that. That touches a very sore subject with my dairy farm industry.

It's the responsibility of every public official, whatever level of government you're elected to, to do everything you can to make sure that light inside that child reaches its full potential.

I've always thought that we should look at the challenges we face with regard to children in a very fundamental way, that every child in the country, no matter where they are, no matter where they're born, and no matter what circumstances, is born with a light inside them.

A child should be provided with the opportunity to make sure they have enough to eat and basic nutrition.