Joseph J. Heck: “I understand the importance of Pell Grants in helping students achieve their dreams.”

I can tell you for the five years I have been on this committee, that is the most moving testimony I have heard.

We need to think of new ways to bring talented individuals into our armed services.

Civic education provides the foundational basis that every American must have in order to fully comprehend his or her individual role in achieving the collective security of our Nation.

For those of us that serve voluntarily in any capacity, being the military or any other--the Peace Corps or any other public service--we do it voluntarily because of the common goal and interest and principle that binds us as a country.