Does the report that you are talking about today indicate any trends concerning the prevalence and the impact of predatory lending on our service members?

This is something that I believe we have to address.

For this purpose, but it could help, could it not?

So yes, sir. We would appreciate the kinds of steps that Congress is considering to put temptation aside.

Can you explain why this mechanism is not being used more frequently to ban specific predatory lenders from accessing military personnel?

It doesn't help readiness either, does it?

I believe Senator Dole said something to the effect that over half of the service people are under 25 years of age.

Well, we make decisions up here, you know, irrespective of who's at the White House. And I think this has a lot of merit.

I have spoken before about the work that Senators Enzi, Alexander, and I are undertaking to write the Higher Education Access, Affordability, and Opportunity Act of 2004.

I have spoken before about the work that Senators Enzi, Alexander, and I are undertaking to write the Higher Education Access, Affordability, and Opportunity Act of 2004.

The record is there that there have been more failures on his watch as director of CIA, massive failures of intelligence, than anybody I know.

The possibility of linking assistance to cooperation in combating terrorist financing--this has been brought up before.