Joe Courtney

I couldn't agree with you more. We have an outstanding panel here today.

We were promised by the new majority regular order when they took control of this Congress.

The fact of the matter is, is that very shorty we are going to see rate filings which are below the Congressional Budget Office projections from 2010...

In my opinion, an impressive array of benefits for young Americans, 3 million who now have coverage because of the age 26 modification.

The fact of the matter is the real issues that face and the real challenges that face the U.S. economy are not being addressed here today.

The New York exchange announced last week and the headline in the New York Times is 'Health plan costs for New Yorkers set to fall by 50 percent.'

I would encourage all of my colleagues--as well as anyone listening--it would be helpful to just maybe pick up the phone and call the Congressional Research Service...

The sky is not falling.

Some of the moderation in the Medicare cost growth was ACA-related.

This finding applies to both executive branch workers as well as postal workers.

I will toot my own horn here--allows for, again, a benefit that extends beyond retirement and no conversion in terms of the calculation of the benefit.

I think it is going to give us a great record as we move forward considering, again, the possibility of a bill that hopefully will be as bipartisan and successful in the House as last year.

I hope today's hearings will explore GAO's findings and help us understand whether we can expect any changes to the Department of Labor's proposal.

I hope that bill will serve as a foundation on which to build a bipartisan reform effort moving forward.

Those who are disabled from their work on behalf of the American people should not be forced to bear any of that cost.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I mean, I haven't heard a lot of disagreement on-- across the aisle here as we talk forward.

Many don't believe that it should be a profit center, that we don't think the rates ought to go high enough to more than cover the cost of the loan.

We need to do something, so my recommendation... would just take this bill up in committee that we put forth with Mr. Courtney.

It is costing students around $1,000 more per loan because we haven't acted.

84 percent of the American public supports protecting that lower rate in a polling that came out.

The 10-year Treasury note yield rate on that date was 2.02 percent; today it is 2.65 percent.

There were not enough safeguards in 1911 to allow a rate to reset every year while a student is still in college.

At every corner, and specifically in the Senate and the House Rules Committee, Republicans have blocked consideration of any bill that would provide debt relief to students.

This Congress has not done right by Brandon and millions of other students who will graduate with mountains of debt.