Lamar Alexander actually said...

"I think that we have $170 billion at the Federal level going into revenues for higher education, and we need to utilize as much of that as possible."

"The burden will be transferred to the Federal Government, and we will have a Federal system of higher education."

"Any bill that addresses that issue, that encourages us to attract, retain, and graduate more low-income students must be consistent with keeping our States--their tax effort and per-student spending a..."

"We're completely negating any increase in student aid each and every year, if we don't close the back door."