Well, wait just a minute. We are talking about health and safety, right? Is that not what OSHA is interested in?

Kind of suspicious if they made the decision one day and this was leaked the day before from OSHA.

that is a change in the law that, in the first place, should not have been made by guidance, and in the second place, should not be enforced.

I think it is the biggest attack on the opportunity for small businessmen and women in this country to make their way into the middle class.

I think Senator Warren's questions about the marketplace are pretty good questions and right to the point.

I believe we should delay until January 1, 2017, the making of the final rules for Stage 3 of the Federal Government's program to require doctors and hospitals to use electronic health record systems.

Few can afford to be stuck with debt and no degree, but this is what's happening to far too many college students.

What students need--in the face of widespread institutional mistreatment and civil rights violations--is more support from the Federal Government.

Senator Casey, a member of this committee, helped lead the effort to include important reforms in VAWA related to sexual assault prevention on campuses.

We should be careful to eliminate duplicative laws and regulations so that instead of spending unnecessary time filling out forms, colleges have more time to counsel students and create a safer environment.

They believed it was important to make sure that disciplinary procedures are fair both for those who are assaulted and for those who are accused.

I would like to express my strong support for S. 590, the Campus Accountability and Safety Act, which will greatly improve the processes surrounding sexual assault on college campuses.

The goal of Federal regulations and rules should be to help our 6,000 colleges and universities create campus environments that make students safer from sexual assault.

Congress should provide OCR with more meaningful tools to hold schools accountable.

My instinct is to say to Secretary Burwell let us not go backward on electronic healthcare records, but let us not impose on physicians and hospitals a system that doesn't work and which they spend most of their time dreading.

The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will please come to order.

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It's important to find a way to make accreditation work better.

We've made substantial progress, and I think the accreditors are to be commended for that.

I'm interested in new ideas, as all the members of our committee are.

I think that what we need to do is come to a conclusion that a number of changes around the edges can all add up to fundamental change is the way to go.

The idea here is based upon a track record and statistical data to say that some institutions deserve a lighter touch than others.

We need to come up with a language which is reasonably standard across accreditors.

I think we should look at five areas.