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“I ask the Senator from Iowa, is it not true that when our GAO undercover agents went out to look at 15 for-profit colleges along the lines the Senator discussed, they found all 15 made deceptive or questionable statements to potential applicants, including recruiters at the so-called Westwood College? Investigators found admissions representatives at Westwood misstating the cost of the program, failing to disclose the graduation rates, even suggesting falsification of Federal financial aid forms. As with the experience of the young veteran I described, the GAO report found the recruiters overstated what it would cost to go to public college. On film, as you said--this is on videotape--when asked the cost, this recruiter from Westwood said: Well, it depends on the program. Usually with a bachelor's program, coming in with no college credits, this could be--it could range from $50,000 to $75,000, he said. Most schools, more traditional schools, you are looking at $100,000, $150,000, $200,000. I might say to the Senator from Iowa, isn't it true that to obtain the same degree he was offering at Westwood from a public university degree in Texas would cost $36,000? Isn't that what the GAO came in and said? These people are deliberately misleading these youngsters and new veterans trying to make a life for themselves, piling debt on them with a worthless diploma and ripping off the taxpayers. Why don't we have a sense of some rage here in Congress that this is going on?…”