Political Quotes

“Madam President, if there was a theme of this colloquy, it is that students and families are bearing the brunt, the consequences of this administration's botched FAFSA rollout. So let me just speak to that more broadly. First, state of play: May 1 is national college decision day, which should be just like an exciting day for the kids and the families. In my day, they used to go to the mailbox and pop open the mailbox. There is an envelope. Show it to Mom. Show it to Dad. Whoa, isn't that exciting? But that is not going to happen this time by email or by snail mail. The issue here is clearly because of the administration's botched rollout. Now, what do I mean by that? First, let's explain what FAFSA is. FAFSA is the information that a prospective student receives as to the amount of financial aid they will receive if they go to this college or that college. So they open it up, and they say ``Oh, this is how much I get to offset tuition if I go to my local State school'' or ``No, I want to go out of State. How much do I get to go there?'' They can compare those financial offer sheets and make a decision as to what is the best place for them to go financially. But that is not going to happen or if it happens, it is going to happen in a poor way. So the timeline is, last October is when FAFSA should have been ready, but the system wasn't ready, and we were told it would be ready in January. It was for about 3 or 4 days, and then it was delayed until March.…”