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.

the law of unintended consequences has led to outcomes far different than intended as Federal Student Assistance has expanded over time.

people prefer choices to monopolies.

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.

At a time when California is begging on their knees, we are being held up as California a model of how they did low income and affordability in college.

the notion that federal financial aid has promoted college access to the United States is a myth not a reality.

If there is a single republican who will take the word of the other party that says when there is a public and private offered that the intent isn't to drive out the private, look at this example, 74 percent of colleges chose the private.

This is a pretty amazing hearing, the party of Andrew Jackson who opposed the national banks not only proposing another national bank.

How does the Administration plan to stem the need for drug treatment in the future by eliminating prevention efforts such as the State Grants portion of the Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities (SDFSC) program?

Thank you. I'm going to yield to the ranking member in a minute. I didn't want to repeat questions when I was over at Homeland Security earlier.

If we are going to work out anything in this country on immigration, we have to have the confidence of the American people that whether it is the DREAM Act or whether it is immigration reform of some type, that the border is secure, or…

Do you intend to extend operational control past the 815 miles?