"The point I want to make is that cutting the Pell Grant funding... will reduce the number of low-income students receiving bachelors degrees each year by about 61,000."
"I just would add a point on this that I think it is important to note, that reports are that the for-profit institutions represent 11 percent of higher education students, 26 percent of the student lo..."
"I suspect that is one of the reasons why we are taking a very hard look at what they do and what those outcomes are, which makes enormous sense if we are going to be investigatory and have oversight a..."
"If you talk to any economist about what stimulates the economy, it isn't the tax cuts for the richest 2 percent..."
"I think they may be Pell Grant recipients and probably SEOG recipients, et cetera, and are counting on..."
"I want to get to a bunch of questions about the number; why the rapid increase in Pell recipients?"
"Early interventions produce broad-based benefits, reduce social and economic inequality."
"Research shows that the programs are investments. There is no more effective investment than the focus on high-quality early learning."
"I think it is important to reiterate again that today the average earnings of a college-educated person is $43,000 while someone with just a high school diploma averages about $27,000."
"this is about the 13 percent cut in the majority's budget in regard to CMS and the Medicare program management."
"Ben Bernanke--and I talked about him yesterday in the education hearing--says the most important fiscal issue is whether the public interest is served by the composition of the government's budget."