The deal is the deal, and Congress has two choices: accept it or reject it.

When we talk about improving student success, we aren't just talking about getting students through a graduation ceremony--getting them in the row and walking them across the stage. We're talking about making sure that students leave…

We just have to go back to the fact that the Federal Government is shelling out $150 billion every year to help students attend college.

One way the Federal Government could help in this process is providing greater incentives to States that maintain tuition to their public institutions at rates significantly below the national average.

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I just want to underline what I'm hearing you say about this is putting financial incentives in place so that schools have a reason to invest not just in getting students in through the door, but in having them succeed.

$100,000 in debt and very little credit that will actually transfer. For-profit colleges seem more interested in shareholder success than in student success.

Mr. President, I come to the Senate floor today to talk about something that has been bothering me. Who is this Senate supposed to be working for? For years now, this economy has been great for those at the top, but for everyone else, it…

Madam President, I come to the Senate floor to ask my Republican colleagues a question: Do you have any idea what year it is? Did you fall down and hit your head and think you woke up in the 1950s or the 1890s? Should we call for a doctor…

The question is, realistically, how do you get there.

In 2008, did we have a law that said that the Federal Government would bail out the biggest financial institutions if they threatened to bring down the entire economy?