Do we have any idea if that is case?

The predatory for-profit schools are hindering our veterans and their spouses from being able to obtain gainful employment.

And I would emphasize the importance of the concept of cooperative efforts in this regard.

Has any of this guidance or support, is it required for all vets using the GI Bill?

It is the State Approving Agency's authority to pull approval when those situations do occur.

We have a huge budget deficit, as we know, $1.3 trillion this year, huge increase--a decade ago we had a balanced budget and a surplus.

I do not think they should be allowed to use any more then 10 percent of their total revenue for marketing and sales campaigns.

So we want to reach the individuals while they are still servicemembers because a lot of times, that is really when they are making the decisions on where they could potentially go to school.

We need to establish a different kind of culture--a culture of thrift.

If they are running a business school program and they cannot get accepted by the American Association of the Collegiate Schools of Business, why are we putting Federal dollars into it?

Senator Harkin and I were joined at a press conference earlier this morning on the subject that relates very much to what we are looking at today.

I think it is important for us to identify best practices.

I would not want to encourage any kind of a policy change that ended up with unintended consequences such as reducing the amount of opportunities and access to higher education that our veterans enjoy and deserve.

I think all of the Federal funds should be put on the 90 percent side.

So in terms of the meaningfulness of 8 or 17, that is just a drop in the bucket, isn't it?

I think we want to make sure that as we struggle through this challenge of identifying bad actors and promoting good practices, that we focus on the academic dimension of this question and not simply the economic one.

I wish that my other colleagues were as considerate.

Our focus is to provide the information that the war fighter needs to make decisions.

What can the Legislative Branch do here?

The books at the DOD I am told are so bad that auditors cannot even attempt to perform a complete audit.

if we are able to continue on his path and actually achieve the auditability and get some clean audits by 2017 or thereabouts that would be a great legacy for him

Currently, the Department of Defense (DOD) is incapable of doing this.

My colleagues often hear me say everything I do I know I can do better.

Sometimes it is get somebody confirmed for a position of leadership.

What we measure we manage, and with the cost of the Federal Government we need to do a better job of measuring.