Political Quotes

“I thank my great colleague from Illinois and my friend and partner from Connecticut for their very powerful analysis, along with Senator Warren and Senator Carper, because there really is a need for dispassionate, objective, and targeted consideration of this area of education. The Senator from Connecticut is absolutely right that we need accountability in both the for-profit and nonprofit areas. Senator Durbin has emphasized that fact repeatedly. I am here as a former member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pension Committee who participated with Senator Harkin in announcing a report more than 2 years ago that highlighted many of the abuses in this area. Still, Corinthian has happened since then. There are still abuses in the for- profit area. But there is a need for accountability in the nonprofit area as well. In all of these areas, there is a need for facts. There are more facts that may be available more recently that ought to be considered, indications that some of the for-profit colleges are doing a better job than others. Kaplan, for example, has recently released facts. None of us can vouch for them independently. The Department of Education has an obligation to do better and more to make sure it keeps faith with American students and American taxpayers in the way dollars are allocated to those for-profits.…”