the payback for every dollar we invest in enforcement is six or seven times that amount.

Ronald Reagan was such a big fan of the EITC program.

One of the things that we are responsible for is creating a nurturing environment for job creation and job preservation.

When you come back, most of you will be eligible for the GI bill. It pays your full tuition to go to college to any public school pretty much in the country.

Sometimes in this hearing room I quote Albert Einstein, who said famously, 'In adversity lies opportunity.'

100 percent of the revenues--100 percent of the revenues--are coming from the Federal Government. That is not a good situation.

I think it is a loophole. I think some colleges actively recruit members of the military because every dollar of the GI bill counts in the 10 percent.

We created a law that was called '85-15,' and the law that at least 15 percent of those enrolled under the GI bill at for-profit schools had to be non-veterans.

We do not know the difference between the learning at the University of Delaware vis-a-vis the Iowa State University.

We have created under the 90-10 rule a loophole which allows a private college or university really to realize all the revenues from the Federal Government, which I do not think is healthy.

Always looking for common ground.

I think it is very important that we do embrace the world of change in higher education around us

The role of government is diverse. We are responsible for any number of things--homeland security, defense around the world--any number of things--the environment and so forth.

I could have shut down the State of Delaware. I could have shut our economy down when I was Governor.

We are at the end of America's tailpipe, us, Maryland, New York and New Jersey, Pennsylvania.

I think we all want a couple of things. We want cleaner air. We want to have a stronger economy.

I don't know that I will say anything profound, but I appreciate the chairman of our committee saying that. Madam President, and fellow native West Virginian, I will show a map of the United States in just a minute, and there are some…

Well, it is not the last train to Clarksville, but it is the next train to Wilmington.

If I may respond to my colleague's question, I don't care if the majority leader is a Republican or a Democrat--they are always trying to figure out how do we have time on the calendar to get this stuff done. They are always looking at…

If I could respond to my friend, I have a friend who-- when you ask him ``How are you doing?'' he says ``Compared to what?'' And when we talk about the legislation initially introduced by Senator Lautenberg, Senator Vitter, and now…

We need more permanent IGs, Senate-confirmed IGs.

The truth will make us free.

I like to say: Find out what works. Do more of that.

The media can play a valuable role here. The media takes a lot of abuse.

What can we do? What is working?