Political Quotes

“``We've got a friend in Trump; He's lifting us out of our slump; We were down--and life was rough; Too many regs, were way too tough; After so many years; We'd just had enough, but; Now, we've got a friend in Trump.'' Mr. President, that was a song, sung to the tune of Randy Newman's ``You've Got a Friend in Me,'' written by a former lawyer for Dream Center Education Holdings about the prospects for their for-profit college enterprise under a Trump administration. Earlier this month, House Education and Labor Committee Chairman Bobby Scott sent a letter to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos which revealed damning new details about just how far Dream Center's ``friends'' at the Trump/DeVos Department of Education would go to assist as they collapsed. Details, including that catchy little ditty, were later reported by the New York Times in an article entitled, ``Emails Show DeVos Aides Pulled Strings for Failing For-Profit Colleges.'' I ask unanimous consent that the New York Times article be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: [From the New York Times, July 23, 2019] Emails Show DeVos Aides Pulled Strings for Failing For-Profit Colleges (By Erica L.…”