Michael Bennet

We may have an armed conflict of some kind, and the idea that we are now spending the money instead of trying to figure out how to work in a bipartisan way, to do the work----

We borrowed all that money from our kids.

I have statement after statement after statement of Republican colleagues who were unwilling to lift a finger to--

It was a $5-trillion surplus projected over a decade. Is that not correct?

It really adds insult to injury when we did our work the last time to see farmers and ranchers, especially in this commodity environment, getting whacked.

I do not think you guys have made hard choices. Giving $37 billion to 572,000 taxpayers that make more than a million dollars a year by borrowing that money from our kids is not a hard choice.

I believe that what we're trying to do right now is a much more humane approach to dealing with families who are struggling with a disease.

In the 9-years that I've been in the Senate, I've never heard as moving a testimony as the testimony you've given this morning.

Thank you for inviting me here today to share my thoughts about college affordability.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you for holding this hearing. I thank the Ranking Member as well.

I regret for many reasons that we have not been able to get our FAFSA bill finished.

Unfortunately, it is all I have.

I would argue that the existing system does a pretty good job of incentivizing people to raise their rates.

It always seemed to me that community college provides the opportunity to have a building...

Senator Bennet and I, along with Senators Burr, Booker, Isakson, and King, introduced a proposal last Congress to streamline Federal aid and repayment to One Grant, One Loan.

I believe that a lot of folks are looking to the Federal Government, Republican and Democrat, right wing and left wing, in this fight for sustained help, not one off kind of idea.

It strikes me that we're moving in the wrong direction.

We're spending .2 percent on treatment, targeted treatment.

Today, 42,000 people a year are dying from this. The White House estimated that this is costing the United States economy $504 billion a year.

It would be much better to pay a flat fee that was representative of the true cost of administering the drug and a reasonable profit, rather than to have it be based on cost plus percent of cost.

They could stop running that ad with the two people in the bathtub that I do not understand.

The reason that number is important is because of the pressure it is putting on our fiscal situation.

As much as I would love to spend my time talking about tax cuts with Dr. Holtz-Eakin, I will relent for the moment.

I think that's a big step forward, and I can tell Dr. Collins agrees.

If confirmed, I will ensure that OCR vigorously enforces Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to protect every student's right to access his or her education free from discrimination based on race, ethnicity, or national origin.