James Lankford actually said...

"We need to be sure that we are holding institutions accountable to giving people the education that they need to make a living and pay back those loans."

"the problem is, at the end of it, leftover funds need to be returned to the taxpayer and to what is happening in debt reduction rather than spent on flower pots."

"So we will continue to explore that together in the days ahead."

"I am one of those folks that believes we have the greatest educational system for higher education in the world."