Roy Blunt

So why would--so let's go to a second question. Why would you focus that first 2 years on a community college when students might want--that even qualify for, for instance, the Pell Grant now, they can take that Pell Grant money and go to…

I think one of the real strengths of the American higher education system since World War II has been virtually all of our programs, whether they were the GI benefit, or Pell Grants, or any other Federal Government program, you had the…

we should instead focus our investments in programs that make a student's choice in college affordable.

You have looked at our report. I appreciated you saying that you completely concur with the recommendations and findings.

We have just about worn out the Capitol Police force, and I think we talk about adding more to the force.

Senator Murray and Senator Alexander and the Authorizing Committee, last year, did a great job of leading there.

Can you provide the Subcommittee additional details on your plans for the long-term servicing solution?

Do you believe the better--that better command planning and communication on January 6th would have helped prevent the breach of the Capitol?

We know how much education can change the trajectory of a person's life.

I am much more inclined to be receptive to your arguments about increasing the Pell Grant, increasing even the level of maybe whether you qualify for that maximum Pell sooner.

Why do you think those were not implemented?

It is important--do you think that plan like that would have helped prevent the breach of the Capitol?

I look forward to working together on this.

if you think college is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free.

President Biden's climate plan calls for 'doubling down on the liquid fuels of the future, which make agriculture a key part of the solution to climate change.'

it is even more imperative that the agency work on approving easy-to-use, low cost diagnostic tests for Alzheimer's, such as a blood test.

I have no doubt that, if confirmed, she would be a successful and an effective Administrator of the General Services Administration.

I'd like to hear your thoughts about what kind of zero-based approach you might be willing to take to go back and look at those thousand jobs.

I would expect a similar outcome this year.

I think this is one of those areas where if our adversaries get a significant breakthrough at any given moment, we could get way behind in a hurry.

Well, the average is kind of what I'm wondering about, both on children coming in and then children leaving the program.

Thank you, Senator Murray. Appreciate Secretary Becerra being here today.

I would not bet against this President, because he's so far done a pretty good job of hitting his marks.

It's really important to get this done, and I hope we meet that goal.

I think one of the lessons we learned early on in this is you don't want to make it too complicated.