We are making an unprecedented investment--$2 billion along with the Labor Department, to invest in community colleges.

We think community colleges have been this unpolished gem along the education continuum.

It was the public outcry, your outcry, Representative DeLauro, the professional societies that I think actually turned the tide.

Treatment choices should be made between doctors and patients, rather than by folks in Washington, DC.

For the first time in the history of our country, student loan debt exceeded credit card debt in America.

this is such an example of public service and why government matters.

Taxpayers deserve some assurance that a Pell Grant invested in a student is leading to a better career.

I cannot vote blindly for Pell grants and college student loans knowing that this Ponzi scheme is going on in the name of for-profit colleges.

These provisions included in the ACA were originally in the Congenital Heart Futures Act, which garnered bi-partisan support.

The Federal direct student loan program... has made such a difference.

The rate of growth of student indebtedness in our country is alarming.

We can't afford to see taxpayer dollars wasted by sending billions of dollars of Pell Grants to for-profit schools.

What is going on is nothing short of scandalous.

I was disappointed that fiscal year 2011 appropriations contained severe reductions to international programs.

We have come to the conclusion that we cannot just cut our way out of the problem and we cannot tax our way out of the problem, we have to think our way out of the problem. We cannot lurch from one budget battle to another budget battle…

the American economy is struggling. We are coming out of recession--unfortunately, too slowly for most of us--but we are emerging. I can recall the ominous days when we first learned of the terrible economic crisis facing our country. Some…

This morning the Republican leader came to the floor, Senator McConnell, and made some pretty strong and sweeping statements about the state of the deficit and responsibility. I would like to have a chance to respond. Senator McConnell…

roughly, we have about a third of the population of China, and we have a gross domestic product that is about three times their size.

If the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

We believe this is very important and just simply want to acknowledge your thoughtfulness and your readiness to assist us as we try to think through the issues discussed at today's hearing.

I am humbled sometimes by their effort, when you look at the size of their economy compared to ours.

If you want to bring a credible approach to fiscal responsibility, you have to take the more comprehensive look across the principal drivers of those deficits.

The House Republican budget will reduce the number of engineers, scientists, and support staff, at that national laboratory, by one-third for the remainder of this year.

You can't reduce this deficit dramatically with 15 million people out of work and businesses not expanding.

Now, there are domestic political problems, as well as international ones, but we've got to surmount those for the good of our country.