It just strikes me as that there was a very lack of communication here in a way that has pretty significant implications.

Secretary Levine, in your joint statement, you express concern regarding the 'relatively low rate of successful completion with degrees or certificates . . . ''

Do the forms that a service member fills out to apply for tuition assistance include a section informing them about this complaint system that they could utilize?

Consistent with the Principles of Excellence, the revised [memorandum of understanding] requires educational institutions to provide meaningful information about the financial cost and quality of their programs so that military students…

It seems--but, that University of Phoenix was singled out for a practice that many other colleges and universities were not treated the same, even though they made the same types of violations.

Secretary Levine, in your joint statement, you discuss the Postsecondary Education Complaint System (PECS).

Even though some of the MOU, for example, didn't incorporate issues as specific as a Coin, for example.

But, in this case, just--as I understood the response of Ms. Barna to Senator Blumenthal is that there was a discussion with University of Phoenix.

I agree with Senator Blumenthal, and am a cosponsor of his legislation, that part of the problem here is the loophole, the 90/10 loophole, that encourages colleges, for-profit or not, to be able to benefit from targeting members of the…

I think, most people who have asked questions on this committee have agreed is a good thing, that we want to ensure that men and women who are serving have access to higher education and are not preyed on by predatory practices.

Sadly, I have to say that I share my colleague's views that despite the best intentions that our policies in Syria have contributed to where we are today.

Russia has escalated the civil war in Syria and they intend to continue to do that and Assad intends to continue to do that no matter what the expense is to his own people.

We want to be sure that consumers continue to have options for care in their communities that are cost-effective.

My experience in these debates, the person who wins is the person who establishes himself with the American people toward the audience, this can be a huge audience, as being one reasonably likable.

In Hillary's case, it's a big issue, because of her -- because of the challenges that she has on the ethical side. In Trump's case, it's a big issue, because he's so erratic.

We did everything. I mean, there was virtually no stone left unturned relative to what we thought Al Gore would say.

I think this ransom payment issue is just deeply troubling, and it's just causing further bad behavior from Iran.

I don't see us taking any steps that we should, in terms of being aggressive in coming back, especially on the ballistic missile program and their terrorism issues.