Political Quotes

“let me thank my colleague from New Hampshire for being my ally in showing real leadership on this issue. As a member of the HELP Committee, you will be sitting there in those key hearings when we discuss the reauthorization of higher education. That will be our opportunity to bring in some of these reforms that make a difference in terms of this industry of for-profit colleges and universities. I thank you for that, and I join you in this PROTECT Students Act, as I have come to the floor so many times to talk about this sector. Most Americans don't know what we mean by for-profit colleges and universities. Who are they? Well, some of the familiar names are the University of Phoenix, DeVry University and others like it, which portray themselves as institutes of higher education, and in some respects, they bear similarity. Yet when it comes to the actual performance of these schools, it is much different. Many families don't know the difference. I find in the city of Chicago, IL, that students--particularly when they reach their junior and senior years--are inundated with all this advertising on social media about for-profit colleges and universities. I would say to Senator Hassan, there was a time in Washington before she arrived where you could find television ads that showed a young lady who appeared to be about 20 years old, in her pajamas, saying: I am here in my pajamas going to college at a for-profit college and university.…”