"the only way to save by consolidating job training programs is by cutting services."
"nearly 25 percent of all Pell grant dollars...go to for-profits."
"I want to see where there is the impetus and where there is the will and the openness to try to look at what we are going to do in spending $4,000 per person in this economy, in this budget year, when..."
"It would cut back $845 to the Pell grant program that would affect 9 million students."
"I would also like to submit for the record a letter from 900 businesses, expressing their support for the current workforce system."
"the U.S. Department of Education data shows higher default rates for students who attend for-profit schools."
"I just want you to take issue with the Huffington Post, not with the minority."
"We have committees of the whole on the floor. We did that with regard to healthcare."
"I can give you some examples with regard to food safety. You and I should talk about this because I have been wanting to consolidate the 15 agencies into one single food safety agency."
"Have you formally evaluated the Department of Education's consolidation plan?"
"You didn't find waste, as I understood."