Tom Harkin actually said...

"Thank you so very much, Senator Harkin, for being the champion of so many people who cannot speak for themselves or are afraid to do what I am doing here today."

"I intend to continue this investigation to shine more sunlight on this sector of higher education."

"But I think our responsibility is twofold: one, to look at what's happening to the lowest income students in this country, what's happening to their lives; and then our obligation to protect taxpayers..."

"I'm going to do it in the nature of our obligations as lawmakers here and representing both taxpayers and low-income students to make sure that they get value."