Mark Souder: “So the person who might be able to answer that larger question, when you asked, took the Fifth?”

the proposal to end the FFEL program and replace it with direct federal student lending will have negative consequences on students, it is fiscal madness and the alleged financial benefits to the federal government are likely illusionary.

My biggest frustration is that ICE--under both Republican and Democratic administrations--has not done enough to support the program.

In an earlier bill where I was talking about the veterans health care parts of this bill as we paid tribute to Cold War veterans, Chairman Andrews and I had a follow-up discussion about two of the details which shows the difficulty of this…

the proposal to sharply expand the Pell Grant Program and make it an entitlement is likewise fiscally irresponsible and potentially might add to already inflated college costs.