"Virginia serves as an example of innovation and of a statewide community effort to better opportunities and access."
"I want to applaud you and VCU for the graduation rates that you are discussing today."
"It is our job to set guidelines to ensure that integrity is carried throughout the program and that recipients across the States are treated fairly."
"We are in a phase of meeting with all of our customers at this time because customer service is at the top of the list."
"the typical bachelor's degree graduate leaves Virginia public universities with nearly $30,000 in student debt on average, correct?"
"if you take your first 2 years at a community college, get your associates degree, transfer to a 4-year institution in Virginia, 4 year public, finish your bachelor's degree in 2 years you save more t..."
"So when I am confronted with parents who can't get into Virginia Techs engineering program because its acceptance rate is something like 10, 12 percent, it is amazingly low, I am able to provide them ..."
"We have been sitting here in hearings asking how do we bring down the cost of a college education? And you are providing the solution."
"We have the lowest unemployment rate in 49 years, but yet only 13 percent of the population believes that college graduates are well-prepared for success in the workplace."
"Well, here we are again at the latest installment of the dramatic miniseries, the impeachment by any other name but impeachment."
"Nothing is free when it's provided by the government."
"If we make colleges free but we don't provide quality educations we are not doing anybody a favor."