"Today's hearing provides us with an opportunity to hear from experts about ways to improve the Federal student aid system established in this legislation."
"Thank you, Chairman Guthrie. I, too, look forward to a strong working relationship, and thank you to the witnesses for being here."
"I certainly hope we can come back together and look at some of the details and some of the best practices so we actually can do something that is going to make a difference."
"House Democrats believe that with sufficient investment, the right targeting toward the students with the greatest need, and easy to access financial aid, the current system could better serve America..."
"the Pell Grant program now covers the smallest share of undergraduate costs since its inception."
"I would like to express MAZON's sincere appreciation to Chairman Thompson and Ranking Member McGovern for their co-sponsorship of the Military Hunger Prevention Act."
"I think it is wrongheaded to now take that away."
"I firmly believe that, based on two essential forks of Supreme Court precedent: One is that workers have a right collectively to join together and file a lawsuit over their terms and conditions of emp..."
"I share your frustration about living in an alternate universe. I think the one thing I hope everybody in this room can agree on is that facts matter, actual facts."
"There is no question whatever in States that make it virtually impossible or extremely difficult, which is right-to-work States, the data on employee well-being, health, safety, wages is unassailable."
"the job creation in right-to-work States is not at all better than in nonright-to-work States."