I hope we can correct it as the negotiations go on--the NIH spending is being cut by 5 percent.

I am particularly concerned of the impact of reducing Pell when the cost of a college education keeps going up.

So I don't know how we can achieve the goal of leading the world in college completion by 2020, and my time is up so I won't ask the question, if the cuts to the Pell program in H.R. 1 were to become law.

we can think of many other places, I am sure you can, many other subsidies, many other places where we can find the money.

I thank you, Mr. Chairman, for giving me some time.

Let me make it clear that in my view the deeply flawed House-passed 7-month continuing resolution would slash Pell Grants by more than $3,000,000,000.

I don't know how we can achieve the goal of leading the world in college completion by 2020, if the cuts to the Pell program in H.R. 1 were to become law.

I want to congratulate you on requesting $500,000,000 for the Community College and Career Training Grant Program.

Well, I would just say to my colleagues that to me, the most important thing is helping our young people get that education.

we are not focusing with a laser beam on creating jobs here at home when we can lose them to employers overseas.

Where would they get the financing? If we want them to stay in school, and my colleagues respectfully asked the questions, what else should they turn to?

I do hope we can work in a bipartisan way to resolve this.