They will get extra income.
I have asked Vice Chairman Kohn to lead a review of our disclosure policies, with the goal of increasing the range of information that we ma...
From a fiscal perspective, the reforms to health care need to address the cost issue.
Part of the reform effort has got to be addressing the cost somehow, the cost of per capita health care and the growth in that rate.
But this is a political bankruptcy and the government has been a part of picking winners and losers.
That's what political decisionmaking does. Because that's not an economic decision.
So if you raise taxes during a recession, you probably want to offset it with a tax cut elsewhere, for example.
I certainly am concerned about that.
One of the last decisions businesses make is new employees and a commitment to new employees.
The historical experience is that the labor market tends to lag the business cycle.
My second concern focuses on the number of nondeployable personnel in the Army, Army National Guard, and Army Reserve.
Will the administration provide direct financial assistance to schools to support their transition into the Direct Loan program?
You propose to stop new FFEL loan originations as of July 1, 2010. How many schools will need to transition from FFEL to Direct Loans betwee...
I appreciate Chairwoman Davis visited with me at Fort Jackson, the recruiting and retention school, last year.
In many respects, the military personnel systems today reflect a degree of success that would have been questionable three to five years ago...
I am interested in hearing your assessment, all of you, as to where the risk may exist in the proposed cuts in recruiting and retention.
Well, it is really, again, inspiring to me to know the talented people serving in the Navy who have volunteered to serve around the world as...
The third area of concern relates to the recent testimony by the service chiefs, particularly those of the Marine Corps and Army, that dwell...