Joe Courtney actually said...

"I particularly want to compliment you for organizing this hearing early in this Congress because there is no question that since the election last November this issue has suddenly gotten a lot more po..."

"It seems offensive that the government might be pursuing an interest that the private lenders were not willing to pursue."

"But again, it is a challenge because of that 2002 budget baseline that everything costs money when you are trying to sort of fix this thing and--but I think again, we have got to sort of step back and..."

"But I think again, we have got to sort of step back and recognize there is a social value here about making higher education affordable."