"That needs to be talked about more."
"It needs to be stated over and over and over again that the court ordered the Department to do that."
"The fact that both a regional and a national accreditor were caught up in this tells me we can't single out any one accreditor, that all accreditors need to improve their analysis of quality assurance..."
"How can Congress help the Department in this regard? Because I think the situation with ECA could have been better had we had some rule on this issue."
"The truth is that Congress has failed in its obligation to produce laws and statutes that serve in the interest of students."
"We were told this morning by the leading Republican in the House that the first bill was introduced by a Republican from California back in the 1800s. So we are very proud of our leadership in this ef..."
"This hearing is supposedly about barriers to employment, not opportunities for Federal spending, Federal involvement, and Federal power."
"Today Democrats see barriers as opportunities to increase Federal power. Republicans see barriers as opportunities to enable individual empowerment."
"Blaming amorphous entities or concepts such as the economy as structural barriers is a cop-out."
"The economy has created 7.1 million jobs that are unfilled."
"If we really want to lift the barriers that stifle Americans trying to enter and thrive in the workplace, we need to propose remedies that reduce the skills gap and prepare individuals to fill the ple..."