Mark Warner

We have to honor a commitment to folks who have paid in year-in and year-out.

I cannot think of anything that would do more to restore some level of trust than to make sure that we honor these commitments.

Clearly, the problem of not finishing is a huge issue. But we do not have very much transparency in higher education.

I think I would just urge my colleagues there are comprehensive approaches that Senator Warren and others have suggested in terms of total refinancing.

I scratch my head, and I have got bipartisan legislation that would say if you can go ahead and continue your education on a pre-tax basis, why shouldn't an employer be able, in concert with an employee, to use pre-tax dollars to pay down…

I would simply note that home builders across all sectors are indicating particularly the weakest part of the housing market is first-time home buyers, oftentimes people who, because they are otherwise burdened with student debt, do not…

I am pleased that the Department's $10.3 million request for DATA Act implementation reflects that role.

I was very glad to see that it was fully funded in the President's budget proposal.

I think we still remain the only industrial nation in the world that has not had this kind of adult conversation about care planning.

I have known Amos since well over a decade. He advised me when I was governor.

My time is up, but Chairman Johnson did a good job in terms of taking some ideas that we had from the intel community.

I would argue that--and I know Senator Johnson has talked about this in even a broader scope than I have at times.

Let us make sure that it actually continues to be a priority.

If we strangle off the $50 million of implementation money, we are not going to make sure that this gets done.

The DATA Act that we passed is not going to solve the whole problem, but if you do not even have common definitions, the ability to come in and do an audit is basically moot.

My goal is to gently noodge them--or maybe not so gently noodge them--to make sure that they understand the importance and benefit of financial transparency.

While this is not necessarily an area that gets a lot of attention, it is extraordinarily important.

Thank you for holding this important hearing.

We have 125,000 Americans, miners, many of them dependent upon the UMWA 1974 Pension Fund.

The sooner we get at it, the better for a whole lot of mine workers who, through no fault of their own, are about to lose a set of benefits.

Social Security has to be the base for our social safety net system and that payroll-based deductions are the most effective way for individuals to save.

I rise today to call attention to the significant contributions public servants make to our Nation each day. It appears that we are close to the final conclusion to the budget and tax extenders debate, and hopefully we will soon all be…

I am very disappointed by those actions, and particularly disappointed by some of the comments of the CEO there.

We have the most complicated system around, yet we collect, on a comparative basis, the least revenue.

We desperately need to do international tax reform.