So as the approval process concludes, the Department's monitoring of state accountability plans, the monitoring itself, will become all the more important.

I am confident we can find a bipartisan solution, but it will be challenging, and this is just the beginning.

I believe we had a productive conversation on reducing college costs last week.

So do you think that Congress should eliminate requirements for faculty interaction?

I really believe that we need to have a better open process on this.

if we want to truly help students, we also need to improve how we hold colleges accountable for student performance.

The very people who need to understand how schools are doing around certain subgroups the most--the families of students who belong in these subgroups--aren't able to get the information.

In passing ESSA, it was our intention to put our Nation's K-12 law on stable footing and ensure the law was implemented consistently across all 50 states.

Republicans have busted our budget with trillions in tax cuts for the rich, and this budget starts asking the middle class to actually pay for that.

Instead of funding the Federal Government week by week or month by month, we must address the structural deficiencies of our budget process.

It is widely misguided and simply wrong to ask low-income families and the workers who need a hand up to bear the brunt of massive cuts while trillions are being spent on tax cuts for the rich.

How absurd it is to cut $200 billion in financial aid for college while students are struggling to afford college and keep their heads above water.

The way to approach the task ahead for us is to focus on what I call the 80-percent rule.

To be successful, we have to have bipartisan support, which is why I am again extending my hand to the other side of the aisle looking for willing partners to join me.

It is pretty obvious. This Budget Committee has been unable or unwilling to do its job.

I believe we can find common ground and make progress.

The submission of the President's annual budget proposal marks an important first step in what should be an orderly budget process.

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I hope the Chairman and my colleagues across the aisle would join me in advising the Department to implement ESSA as Congress intended.

I have introduced legislative with Senator Rubio that would provide a regulatory framework for so-called ISAs and instill consumer protections for students.

Students need to know that they are going to be able to get something out of the investment they made.

Now, some have proposed making students pay more interest on their loans or reducing the sources of grant aid.

Taking away resources from students, including their ability to borrow when funds run short, will only make their lives worse.

I think it would be a shame if Republicans refused to stand up to this administration when they disregard the law we wrote.