"On behalf of the students in my district and across America, I want to thank you and the President for committing to investments in education."
"I would also say that the economic recovery program was targeted. It was transparent. It was timely, and it was temporary."
"Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman."
"To cut the deficit, the majority could have ended $40,000,000,000 in subsidies to oil companies, $8,000,000,000 in agricultural subsidies to big businesses, $8,000,000,000 in giveaways to multinationa..."
"cutting the Pell Grant funding, and I have the citation here, will reduce the number of low-income students receiving bachelors degrees each year by about 61,000."
"every opportunity is being eliminated through H.R. 1, in effect."
"This effectively terminates the Federal Government's role in the workforce development, something that did not occur under President Reagan's administration, not even under President Nixon."
"Mr. Chairman, if I might just ask for unanimous consent to enter into the record the testimonies of these youngsters who were at this forum on the value of Pell."
"If Pell Grants are cut, the result is students and families will borrow more."
"Even though budget balance is important, pay-off to the early childhood programs are especially higher as a result of the beneficial returns to the overall economy."
"I support your mission and the good work that you are doing at Health and Human Services."