I am going to be introducing my Ready to Learn Act which creates a new grant program in ESEA to fund high quality pre-kindergarten opportuni...
It is really the economics of this.
I hope that we can hear more about what the Administration intends for those grant awards from you today, Dr. Lombardi.
I think it's going to be a real challenge because we're not necessarily paying salaries or competing with the Afghan Government.
We have had our military presence, but we also have had an effort to provide economic development assistance to the people of Afghanistan.
We could talk about the military aspects and the fact that we are looking toward a redeployment of our combat troops starting in the next mo...
We need to make sure that we have a set of rules for who we help that doesn't add to student debt.
I look forward to working with you on a clear set of rules of the game, reform and maintaining choice and opportunity but not profiteering a...
Thanks to an amendment by Senators Sherrod Brown, Bennet, Franken and Mikulski, the Bureau will include a Private Education Loan Ombudsman.
I believe that higher education is a very important right in our country.
I think we need to look at the niche that they fill and examine what other institutions could fill that niche.
I think we can do better without necessarily having to enact new laws.
Senator Mikulski, at a previous hearing referred to them as bounty hunters and she was more right than I think anyone realized.
I don't want that to turn into a hollow opportunity.
Mr. Chairman, I, too, want to see Mr. Gordon get out of here on time--and I know you will.
This policy appears to contradict the rules and the precedent of our committee.
This new policy is not only unfair and unprecedented, but it directly contradicts the rules of the House and the rules of our committee.
We requested Dr. Peter Phillips, an expert in economics of the construction industry, but you refused to allow him to testify.
