I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to S. Res. 193, submitted earlier today. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A resolution (S. Res. 193)…

I might ask the Senator from Iowa, at the end of the day is it not true that while these for-profit schools have about 10 percent of the students in America, they take in almost 25 percent of all Federal aid to education?

I thank the Senator from Iowa. He has led the way. His committee investigation on this industry is a clarion call to every Member of the Senate of both political parties. Are we going to continue to waste taxpayers' money? Are we going to…

I might also add, I think Congress made a serious error in saying that the private loans from the same schools will be treated the same way. They are not dischargeable in bankruptcy. Here we have someone who could be 19 or 20 years old…

Think about this poor girl. She was doing the right thing. I will say something to the Senator from Iowa and ask him to comment on this. I think the Federal Government is at fault here too. Somewhere along the way, Westwood College ended…

I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

They said to Carlos: You need to take out student loans on top of the GI bill. He ended up taking out the GI loans, going $21,000 in debt over and above the GI bill, and he couldn't finish. He didn't want to go further into debt. I might…

I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to a period of morning business until 6 p.m., with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Nebraska…

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…

I see. I also think, for the record, that Kaplan University makes more money than the newspaper, but be that as it may, they are linked economically.

I have always respected this newspaper. I just wonder how they can rationalize this sort of activity--the exploitation of students and the exploitation of veterans. I am sure the Senator has been visited by so many people who have called…

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.''…

But the rest of them, at this point it is an embarrassment to me. As a person who couldn't have gone to college without a student loan--and I have voted reflexively now in the House and the Senate to give the next generation the same…

Let's stay on that point for a second. I ask the Senator from Iowa, how long does the student have to stay at the school for the school to get the Federal money? If they left and didn't finish, would the school still get paid?

Is it not also true that we requested, I think together, that the GAO do a study of the amount of money that was being spent on behalf of our veterans at for-profit schools, and did we not find that the cost to the Federal Government was…

I announce that the Senator from Montana (Mr. Baucus) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 42, nays 57, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 73…

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 1023 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

it was last February that I went to Belarus. I had been invited to go to Lithuania to speak to the Parliament on the 20th anniversary of their independence from the Soviet Union, and I took a second trip into Minsk, Belarus, a neighbor…

today the Senate is going to consider a bill to increase offshore drilling. This is the Republican response to the Nation's need for a national energy policy and to rising gasoline prices. I believe the Republican approach to this will be…

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and that any statements relating to the measure be printed in the…

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 7:32 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, May 18, 2011, at 10 a.m…

there will be a rollcall vote tomorrow around 2:30 p.m. on the motion to proceed to S. 953. Additionally, the majority leader filed cloture on the nomination of Goodwin Liu to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit. As a result…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10 a.m., Wednesday, May 18; that following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour be deemed…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 186, submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A…

I rise to speak about the effect of interchange fee reform on small banks and credit unions. Interchange fees are not well known by most Americans. They are known as swipe fees or interchange fees, and they reflect the amount of money that…