Jack Reed

The unfortunate irony is that a President elected in opposition to the war in Iraq is repeating some of its worst strategic mistakes.

Security on the ground is a precondition to political reconciliation, not the other way around.

Families are being required to shoulder growing debt burdens that severely impact the lives of borrowers.

We all know that postsecondary education is required for most family sustaining, middle-class jobs.

I commend Chairman Alexander and Senator Murray for putting this topic on the reauthorization agenda.

This is not only in absolute terms, but the trend line is very disturbing about what's happening.

We all know that post-secondary education is required for most family sustaining middle-class jobs and that an educated workforce is essential to a modern, productive economy.

I want to thank Senator Whitehouse. Yes, I've served on the committee, but I've already been eclipsed by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for providing this opportunity.

I believe is a critical area of needed reform for our student aid programs and higher education more broadly.

This is a growing drag on our economy.

Our response will be, as it has been to date, unsatisfactory.

For fiscal year 2015 and beyond, how will NIH ensure that the funds previously allocated to the National Children's Study continue to support pediatric research?

I think that we cannot continue to perpetuate the misunderstanding that youth who are in harm's way...

You can do within the present statutory framework through guidance, through cooperation and coordination, a much more accurate count of homeless youth.

Thanks very much. I want to thank the Chairman for this and the panel for extraordinary testimony.

Unless we can put in resources

I think that it is much more--I mean, the overwhelming nature of the reports...

Senator Collins and I confronted this issue of sequestration where the resources could be constrained so severely

The burden of documentation is not on the youngster, it is on the provider.

We must continue to learn and innovate, and ask ourselves how we can do a better job.

We want, I think we all do very sincerely, every child to have a safe, stable, home, food, healthcare, and education, a chance to build a better life for themselves, and frankly it is the future of our country overall.

I was very proud to work with Chairman Collins last year on the HEARTH Act.

Let us push forward to see if we can find safe housing, healthcare, all those assets that will give people a chance to use their talents in the country.

Well, thank you, Chairman Collins, for holding this important hearing today and also for your tireless efforts to help youth homelessness.