Lamar Alexander actually said...

"Unless we unleash the States from Federal Medicaid requirements that our public research universities...will continue to be underfunded."

"I think one reason for the increase in scholarships like the HOPE Scholarship...is the hope that having gone to the University of Tennessee, they will stay in Tennessee."

"I want to thank Senator Harkin for this hearing, and even the constructive way that it has been conducted."

"We are also grateful for Senators Lamar Alexander, Maria Cantwell, Tom Udall, and Patty Murray's leadership in co-sponsoring this legislation."