We need to look very closely at how the executive branch--in this case the Department of Education--is spending taxpayers' money.
The second group of Americans we're deeply concerned about here are students, what result do they get, what happened to them along the way.
It seems to me they're moving in a direction to try to put more stringent requirements on the industry where there appears to be problems.
I disagree with those who would suggest that you or any other Senator is attempting to take down an industry.
I think it would be very helpful for us in terms of guidance, because we don't want at the end of these hearings and this debate not to have...
to ensure that taxpayer dollars are being spent effectively on educating the students attending for-profit schools.
I want to personally thank Chairman Benjamin L. Cardin, Ranking Member Lindsey Graham, Chairman Arlen Specter, and the other members of the ...
The Department is willing to make the tough decision to cancel programs that are not delivering.
We can't support our troops with the capabilities they need unless we do so.
It is a fundamental constraint on our ability to get competition.
We need productivity growth in the defense sector.
Well, just focus for a moment, if you would, on the $500 million already expended on embryonic stem cell research and what tremendous advanc...
putting restraints on stem cell research is not far from those who refused to look through Galileo's telescope
I look forward to debating with Senator Wicker the issues which he has raised more appropriately on the Senate floor than in this hearing.
the legislature, the Congress, had better get busy and it better act on this subject so we do not await court action
the evidence is overwhelming about the importance of embryonic stem cell research to deal with the maladies of the world
This is a subject of enormous importance, and I regret that we have not had more time today to do it justice.
What would your advice be to women's organizations to persuade police commissioners, other than Commissioner Ramsey, to allow for transparen...