"one of the first things I wanted to do was bring the committee to Louisiana and bring it to the real world, not just in Washington."
"I'm hoping one of the ways we change that attitude and even the playing field, at least here in Louisiana, is when in the next few years those folks with the right skills training at 21 step into a jo..."
"I would say a more modest proposal and one that Senator Vitter referenced earlier is greater access to financial aid."
"we need to give our young people the education, the training, and the skill sets they need to benefit from good jobs."
"we can go further."
"our current system of higher education really, in my opinion, stifles innovation in a lot of cases."
"Thank you very much, David."
"we will be unable to meet those workforce demands."
"we need to fix that, and we need to give these folks the training they need."
"I would really commend this issue to all of you. It is pretty darn important."
"I think there is great opportunity on a bipartisan basis to move forward with some regulatory relief for smaller institutions."