increased federal support is indeed causally related to tuition, but not in the direction predicted.

I have not seen any reputable study that has demonstrated that federal subsidies drive tuition inflation.

I am concerned that well-intentioned federal education subsidies are hyper-inflating the cost of higher education, leading to more borrowing, higher interest payments, and less disposable income, essentially creating an 'education bubble'…

As a member of both the Education and the Workforce Committee and the Budget Committee, I am especially interested in slowing the rapidly rising cost of higher education.

Taxpayers cannot continue to subsidize the soaring cost of higher education.

It is important that we keep the public sentiment in America focused on this important topic.

I appreciate this opportunity to be here to learn more about the Indo-Pacific region.

I represent 19 small towns in eastern and southeastern Indiana, many of them with an agricultural or manufacturing-based economy.

College costs too much. Parents are scrimping and saving and spending their nest eggs to pay for their children's education while trying to make ends meet in this sluggish economy.

I know of no one on either side of the aisle who believes any differently.

A lot of energy is spent talking about the injustice that would fall to those who have invested and paid in over their lifetimes if they did not receive the benefits that they rightly should receive, but probably not enough energy is spent…