Mr. President, I certainly respect my colleague's words about working together. I think we have to work together. I also respect the fact that he has made a proposal and the President has made a proposal. In my mind, both proposals fall…

Mr. President, I appreciate the comments from the Senator from Oklahoma. As far as the legislation that has been passed by the House Republicans, we know that for the 4 years of borrowing at the maximum loan amounts, for students entering…

We are providing public resources for the benefit of service men and women, that we are subsidizing them, not private enterprise necessarily.

It strikes me that the most reliable and independent advisor would be the educational advisor in the military.

Mr. President, I very much want commonsense immigration reform to pass. This bill is going to pass the Senate. But, as written, this bill will not pass the House. As written, this bill will not pass into law. And if this bill did become…

There comes a point where you say, 'I think that may be a misuse of a military facility.'

We thank Senator Durbin for his attention to this issue.

We thank Senator Durbin for taking this issue seriously and introducing legislation in an effort to ensure more equitable reimbursement for student-veterans attending public schools.

we sincerely appreciate Senator Durbin's interest in this issue and we look forward to working with all stakeholders on a fair solution for our student-veterans.

While we support the intention of this bill, which seeks to address the same issue as S. 257, we cannot support this legislation.

If you take courses through the University of Maryland's University College in the TA program and don't complete your degree, what is the likelihood that those course credits can be transferred to another institution when you come back…

the DOD could reach out more to accrediting agencies.

What I worry about is someone just like you who signs up for a worthless school.

I support an effort by Senator Harkin and Senator Hagan to focus Federal education assistance on educating, rather than marketing.

But the Government is paying the school regardless.

Do you recall whether there were any schools which have been chronic in terms of complaints?

My concern is that servicemembers enrolled in for-profit colleges may not only be using tuition assistance for some courses that may not be valuable, but they may also be using up their personal one-time future VA educational benefits at…

Aggressive and deceptive targeting of servicemembers, veterans, and their families by some educational institutions.