It was an honor to work with him to make sure that there are provisions in the NDAA that will make sure that this comparison test is done before there is any retirement of the A-10.

I think this is really important given the timing that you have just talked about about this comparison test and what the A-10 is doing right now against the fight against ISIS.

I want to also thank Mr. Francis for his very good insight as to how we could try to really bring back some real oversight over this and the cost overruns.

I wanted to follow up on some of the questions that Senator Portman asked about the heroin and fentanyl interdiction at the Southern border.

It just strikes me as that there was a very lack of communication here in a way that has pretty significant implications.

But, in this case, just--as I understood the response of Ms. Barna to Senator Blumenthal is that there was a discussion with University of Phoenix.

Even though some of the MOU, for example, didn't incorporate issues as specific as a Coin, for example.

Secretary Levine, in your joint statement, you discuss the Postsecondary Education Complaint System (PECS).

Secretary Levine, in your joint statement, you express concern regarding the 'relatively low rate of successful completion with degrees or certificates . . . ''

Do the forms that a service member fills out to apply for tuition assistance include a section informing them about this complaint system that they could utilize?

It seems--but, that University of Phoenix was singled out for a practice that many other colleges and universities were not treated the same, even though they made the same types of violations.