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On the recordMay 19, 2011
I might say to the Senator from Iowa, the next time you are in Chicago and headed out to O'Hare Airport, right before the O'Hare exit, look to your right. You will see a tall office building, and on the top it says ``Westwood College.'' This has been one of my favorites because I have met many of their so-called students, despite their best efforts, who have been exploited by Westwood College. I want to share with the Senator one story to show it can go from bad to worse in Westwood College. There was a veteran named Carlos. He served in Iraq, came home, and wanted to get a degree. He saw the ad for Westwood College on television. He went to sign up, and they said: Don't worry about it, Carlos, because at the end of the day, your GI bill is going to pay for everything. He signed up and started going out to this Westwood College and was disappointed at how awful the courses were and how the teaches didn't teach anything. He didn't feel he was learning anything. After a year, Westwood called him in and said: Carlos, you are on the road to your degree, but we have run into a problem--the GI bill will not cover all the expenses. If I am not mistaken, I ask the Senator from Iowa, doesn't the GI bill pay about $17,000 a year?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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May 19, 2011

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