"I mean, isn't there some way to emulate, you know, we are sort of ahead of the curve as opposed to behind the curve to get things sort of moving more smartly together?"
"stability in long-term budgeting is absolutely welcome."
"let's expand the funding, the appropriations for Pell Grants as much as we possibly can to accommodate the additional influx of people using it for nondegree credentials."
"the section which I just referenced was careful to make sure that it was WIOA-certified programs, again, programs which have kind of--you know, we have run the traps on to make sure they are not junk ..."
"yesterday's minibus that actually did plus up to some degree Pell for the first time in years, I realize, but, you know, at least we are moving into positive territory."
"However, if there is a problem we just need to face up to it and fix it."
"Again, there is strong bipartisan support in the House for the mission of the Coast Guard."
"I am, you know, certainly believe that as a committee and as a Congress, you know, we can figure this out."
"So, I want to again salute the subcommittee for holding this hearing."
"the 30-year ship repair plan, really terrific, I mean, and it is really, you know, a really important, you know, innovation that I think you all can certainly take credit for."
"the problems, actually, as Mr. Geurts said, the deterioration of maintenance actually almost occurred in tandem with sort of the deterioration in construction."