if we slash our investments in infrastructure, like our roads and our bridges, we aren't really saving any money at all.

I rise today to pay tribute to a generous, genuine Illinoisan we lost this week. Those of us who have watched and listened to Chicago Cubs' games for some time can easily recall Harry Caray. His booming voice was instantly recognizable as…

We share President Obama's commitment and passion for education, and look forward to working with him and the Congress to ensure that all Americans can attain the skills they need to access meaningful opportunities.

The one point that we would make consistently is that it didn't have a lot of teeth because there was no obligation on behalf of the colleges and the universalities or the ed centers to address those particular recommendations that would…

I am still waiting for a change in practices.

There comes a point where you say, 'I think that may be a misuse of a military facility.'

What is your thinking about that?

The for-profit schools were actually going onto the camps in Illinois, meeting with National Guard units, and trying to recruit them.

And if the Department received complaints from military servicemembers about the quality of education that was being offered at a school, would that be taken into consideration?

What I quarrel with is collecting all of the information in California on telephone records to try to find that specific case. That to me seems overly broad.

There are 200 counselors, 200,000 students.

I look forward to joining my colleague in reviewing these reforms and learning more about what educators are doing to help meet the needs of our servicemembers.

I am sending a bipartisan letter to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board asking them to make it a priority to investigate.

The numbers I read suggest that out of the substantial Federal revenues going to for-profit schools, 22 percent, on average, is used for marketing purposes.

And you say there are more than 3,000 institutions that offer courses to any number of members of the military.

If you knew that a suspect had made a call into area code 312, the city of Chicago, it certainly defies logic that you need to collect all of the telephone calls made in the 312 area code on the chance that one of those persons might be on…

What you have to look at, Senator, is the fact of the total public support for the different types of postsecondary education today.

Thanks, Senator Reed.

You have an organization that accredits for-profit schools and they accredit one another.

Prove it. Do something and prove it.

I think it is Government money. It is in our appropriation bill.

Implementation of Executive Order (EO) 13636 is underway across the U.S. Government.

I voted against the PATRIOT Act in 2001 and the FISA Amendment Act in 2008.

I would assume that some servicemembers view this as after their service opportunity that when they finally leave the military, they will have another pursuit in their lives.

In recent years, for-profit schools have become a major part of this program. Have they not?