Bill Foster actually said...

"this is something that affects 44 million Americans and yet we are not doing what we should about it."

"What I am trying to understand is why this important initiative, one that simply seeks to gather data and shed greater transparency on the student loan market, has been ignored for so long."

"I think it is remarkable how constant it has been, with no visible change as a result of any of the policies of the last 2 years."

"But there's a real need for something like ARPA-E to fill gaps in the private-sector research and development."