"If we are serious about lowering costs for students, universal free community college would have lowered costs for students across the board."
"Given the fact that free community college was stripped from the reconciliation package, we have to look at other ways to address costs for students and institutions."
"I mean obviously the California taxpayers support and subsidize this education, but it is possible to I think produce an affordable undergraduate experience."
"I would say that the committee should not rush into a bifurcation or separation of the determination process and the NICS list, but that we should hold steady for the sake of caution, the practical re..."
"Unfortunately, Mr. Chairman, this committee is embarking down a different path, and it is trotting out a highly charged, highly partisan bill."
"We must be especially careful not to put more veterans at risk."
"However, what we have said and will continue to say is that any change to a program or policy must be evidence-based and data-driven."
"At no time during this hearing have you heard anyone on our side of the aisle assert that the fiduciary program is infallible."
"the rights, if you believe that they pre-existed the Constitution, that the Constitution attempts to preserve, was a practical attempt by very practical men"
"Perhaps this committee should be interested in pursuing and urging VA, or requiring VA, or mandating VA to do more studies, to get more information, to look at the data more carefully."
"the result of a false positive in this case is that a veteran will not be able to buy a gun if they are put on the NICS list. The result of a false negative is that a veteran dies, potentially."