That is why Senators Hatch, Cassidy, Whitehouse, and I have introduced the bipartisan College Transparency Act.

I believe all students have the right to a high-quality education and that families should have a range of options to best meet the educational needs of their children irrespective of their zip code.

I support the whole idea that we can innovate and find more ways to serve nontraditional students.

I fought hard in that law to make sure that Federal election dollars go to the schools and the students who need them most.

But this same population has been a prime target for fly by-night for-profit and online colleges looking to suck down more Federal student loan and Federal student aid money without actually teaching these students anything.

So before we have a conversation about making it easier for those schools to put more students in debt, I think students need to know more about the options that are available to them.

I believe that the evidence is clear that more oversight and more accountability works for our kids.

Boston's public charter schools are among the best-performing charter schools in the Nation.

It is not that we make it permanent. It is that we open up the possibility that you can do it and you can make it permanent if you choose to make it permanent.

I would consider giving the Department somewhat broader authority for special compensation for officer communities.

One of the central aspects of the military culture is an inability to say no.

I think you want to have a way to perhaps retain some more of those people who may be at the peak of their professional abilities.