Tom Carper actually said...

I think one of the things that is really important, especially during this period of transition, is for the Department to work closely with ...

the taxpayers--spent about $517 million in fiscal year 2009 on tuition assistance benefits.

We care about them and we care about their families and we want them to have the best that we can provide for them.

I want to follow up, if I can, on one of the questions that Senator Brown was asking.