"Thank you for testifying before the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training at the hearing entitled, 'Keeping College Within Reach: Supporting Higher Education Opportunities for America's Servicemembers and Veterans.'"
"Anybody who comes in this room who is in the education business and uses the word training will get my lecture."
"We hold our public schools, the elementary and secondary teachers, to very high standards."
"There are a lot of people teaching at the university level who aren't very good teachers and probably ought not to be in a classroom."
"We must now explore whether the accreditation system is also due for reforms."
"I look forward to beginning that conversation in today's hearing."
"As you have heard from Representative Foxx, leading universities and faculty are creating MOOCs many students never even enter a classroom."
"You should be ashamed of that. I should be ashamed of that. Everyone here should be ashamed of that."
"Let me be really clear here: children in your congressional district aren't competing for jobs in your district or in your state; they are competing for jobs with children in Singapore, in South Korea..."
"I don't know who it was who said, 'There are lies, damned lies, and then statistics.'"
"Why do you continue to pursue flawed regulations and what changes to the regulations are you considering?"