I do support your efforts to streamline and create a more user-focused system for student borrowers.

I don't believe we use the Rapid Response Fund.

I usually use the phrase, you know, we are in another one of those years where we are robbing Peter to pay Paul.

I am proud to have voted against it.

And you are saying putting all these programs in a pot, decreasing the funds, everything is going to be fine.

I think this committee has made the right decision over the last 5 years in a bipartisan sense by probably making you the top priority in the bill every single year.

Yes, indeed. No, I mean, well, that you are going to give us.

Let us help people that have had misfortune and made mistakes get back on the right track in life...

The closer we get to eradicating child poverty, the closer we come as a nation to achieving the prosperity and equity promised to every American.

However, you are decreasing the amount of money in the pot so that you are making schools really compete against each other for these dollars.

the evidence that is usually advanced for the efficacy of work requirements is the welfare reform, the 1996 welfare reform.

We are not going to stand by and watch States discriminate against our children in terms of proceeding to get an education.

If the proposal would reduce funding for a program's benefit or services or reduce the number of people who qualify for benefits relative to levels that would occur under current law, it is a cut.

the solution is not less resources, nor is it more privatization.

We strongly share that ambitious goal.

We are cutting $920 billion over 10 years to Medicaid, $756 billion over 10 years for Medicare.

House Democrats will move quickly to enact a robust package that will fully address this threat without jeopardizing other necessary programs.

I think the one thing that struck me, Professor Edin, when you were speaking is, you know, we all identify ourselves by our jobs.

You are prohibited by law from detaining sponsors based on information that HHS collects on potential sponsors during the vetting process.

we do have experimental evidence on the efficacy, or lack thereof, in terms of reducing poverty for work requirements.

I think it is a very wise investment, and I particularly appreciate you taking the lead...

Can we be instrumental in pushing for NIEHS to be engaged and involved in the training?

I believe that as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil. Government belongs wherever evil needs an adversary and there are people in distress.

It is about the consequences. It is about what the effect of those cuts are on our children.

One of this Nation's most urgent charges is to address the achievement gap between English learners and their Native English-speaking peers.