Bob Casey

At the same time, it is critical that institutions receiving this Federal aid deliver quality educations to their students.

Allegations of fraud against certain career colleges should be fully investigated and those engaged in these practices should be severely sanctioned.

I do not know how we can determine what role for-profit colleges will be able to play in meeting this goal.

The problem with the for-profit education industry, in my view, is that risk and reward have been divorced.

Thank you, Chairman Harkin, for holding this important hearing.

Now, at the same time, I'm sure some anxiety in Pennsylvania is connected to the fact that our deficit--our primary budget deficit--has grown to levels that frighten people, and our accumulated external debt adds to their anxiety.

When I speak of Pennsylvania, I think it's emblematic of a lot of places. We are, in our State, at about 9.1 percent unemployment.

I know in our State, in Pennsylvania, there are still, by one estimate, as many as over 1,200 people still living in five State-run institutions.

What is often not recognized is the considerable attention that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the States have placed on quality assurance.

What we know from 40 years of experience is that people do better in the community than in institutions, no matter their age. They learn new skills, develop new competencies, and appear to be much happier.

I want to thank both of you for being here and for your testimony and for your service at a tough time in our Nation's history.

I urge you to be a strong voice for the use of those enhanced authorities.

We admire very much the efforts that you and your colleagues in Congress have made to highlight the importance of free access to information on the part of Iranians, which is a universal right.

Senator Brown of Ohio and I have offered this amendment which will extend the eligibility period for the COBRA Premium Assistance Program until November 30. We must continue, in my judgment, to support vital safety net programs that our…

We need to provide employers with more guidance, more tools, and more protection to encourage them to offer a range of options to their employees.

I will not support any kind of mandate for consumers because we recognize there is a wide range of circumstances and need.

In the absence of a lot of complaints, I can understand why you may not be at this point yet, assuming there will be health effects as it relates to children.

A child should be provided with the opportunity to make sure they have enough to eat and basic nutrition.

If, at the end of the day, a family is as impoverished as they were at the beginning of the day, then we're not doing enough.

We have to energize the will of the American people, with the support of our congressional leaders, to address the needs of young people.

We have serious budget problems in the United States, but we don't have a severe budget crisis in the short run; we have a long-run budget crisis.

I want to thank the Chairman for his leadership on these issues all these years.

It's the responsibility of every public official, whatever level of government you're elected to, to do everything you can to make sure that light inside that child reaches its full potential.

I've always thought that we should look at the challenges we face with regard to children in a very fundamental way, that every child in the country, no matter where they are, no matter where they're born, and no matter what circumstances…

I mean, I asked in the session we had with Prime Minister Hariri.