"We spent $10,995. So if you want to look at it as a percentage of GDP, but we are really not comparing apples and apples."
"Mr. Secretary, the program integrity regulations have been the center of intense scrutiny from the higher education community and Members on both sides of the aisle in Congress."
"Aren't you using the federal regulatory process to push states into regulating institutions according to a federal prescription?"
"I think we educate people and we train animals."
"The federal government is trying to impose itself at the post-secondary level in this area."
"Overly harsh restrictions on recreation or other land uses can have a severe negative economic impact on States and localities that rely on those activities."
"Presidents have clearly ignored the requirement to minimize the size of national monuments when proclaiming many of the national monuments created today."
"The excessive size of many national monuments is an issue because the agencies that manage them frequently restrict access to the land for recreational use, energy development, grazing, and other purp..."
"A Western Governors Association study shows that motorized recreation provided over $250 billion in economic impact in 2011."
"Originally intended for the preservation of often-vandalized archeological sites, the Antiquities Act of 1906 granted the President unilateral authority to proclaim national monuments on Federal lands..."
"Congress must act to ensure consideration of the local impact of Presidential national monument designations."