We passed over 30 jobs bills that are sitting over in the Senate. The Senate has not passed a budget in over 3 years.
I think that this is a classic case of Nero fiddling while Rome burns.
This hearing is an example of not doing that.
Young people graduate from college with hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt.
An affordable college education is absolutely mandatory. And we are losing that.
I think that is a basic thing that as a factory worker's son, as I was, I got a chance to go to a good college and get a great education.
I don't think we can be successful as a nation if we don't address that.
I absolutely agree, Mr. Hunter, that our universities and colleges are a national treasure, no doubt about it.
I think the court did a pretty good job.
It is becoming out of reach of even affluent families now.
I think the First Amendment and religious freedom is even more important. And liberty is more important, I think, than a job.