Thank you, Madam Chair. Dr. Petrisko, I am pleased to hear that regional accreditors have launched a nationwide effort to place increased emphasis on graduation rates as part of their ongoing reviews of colleges and universities.

There is a lot of bipartisan stuff going on.

People expect it and want it and want the products to work.

You know the difference between an excuse and a problem? A problem comes with possible solutions; an excuse is a justification for the status quo.

One of the most important responsibilities given to Congress by the Constitution is oversight of the federal bureaucracy.

It is clear CNCS is not fulfilling its responsibilities to ensure taxpayer dollars are spent in accordance with the law.

We need to get rid of the complexity. We need to eliminate the confusion students face.

Again, it was great to see bipartisan support for that loan forgiveness effort to address something that as a Nation we really have, I think, a moral duty to perform.

We want to make it easier for people to use.

We need to make it simple, but we do need accurate data.

If you can spell out some things we can look at in accreditation for life experiences, and get somebody into that 2-1/2-year timeframe, it is something that is doable.