the bipartisan Every Student Succeeds Act was written by this Committee just 2 years ago, and we worked very hard to carefully strike a balance between providing states with flexibility while holding them accountable for ensuring that our…

Will each of you commit to me that you will make finalizing a transparent pay data collection by the EEOC a priority and that it will be finished in a timely manner?

I think our children are the most important investment we make, and the protections they have are critically important.

I urge my Republican colleagues to drop this repeal immediately. This is not what Americans want, and it is an affront to the way that the Senate should work.

It is clear to me that since day one, she has rolled back protections for students and borrowers, making it easier for predatory for-profit colleges to take advantage of students.

gave states even more flexibility,' and she encouraged states to, quote, 'go right up to the line, test how far it takes to get over it.'

we welcome the opportunity to continue to work with you as you advance healthcare reforms

OK, and this committee has heard a lot about providing certainty for this program beyond 2018, so more than 1 year.

I feel very optimistic that there's a lot more that we agree on than we disagree on with respect to that goal.

I hope that our conversations over the last few weeks can mark a turning of the page away from that kind of partisanship.

I'm confident that this committee can do it again because we know this isn't about us, it's not about partisanship, it's not about politics.

So making sure we provide those services is an incentive to young people to sign up?

We know that without the CSRs, certainly like others, our rates would go up over 20 percent this year, above what they already are.

People across the country are looking to Congress for solutions on health care.

We have heard from many people, including Republican and Democratic witnesses, who see the need for multiple years of certainty on out-of-pocket cost reductions.

We've heard from really great witnesses who have laid out some really good ideas for helping us to move forward and engaged in productive negotiations.

I'm deeply concerned about the Administration's recent cuts, 41 percent cut to Navigator funding, 90 percent cut to advertising.

I am really pleased that we have had very productive, bipartisan conversations over the last 2 weeks.

I think this is the way things ought to go. This is the work that we should be doing here in the Senate, Democrats and Republicans coming together focused on common ground and working to find results for our constituents.

This is really the way things ought to go and the way we should be getting things done in the Senate.

I am really grateful to you for returning us to this committee process, and I think it has been very productive.

The idea that you can slap together a bill with a couple of people in Washington and not have hearings and not have the benefit of outside-of-Washington expertise is really misguided.

If we focus on that short-term stability issue, and making sure we do not accidentally increase costs for people, and make sure we move in the right direction, we can get there.

Families are facing higher premiums and fewer options as a result of uncertainty in our health care system.

some 800,000 people in this country woke up this morning with great uncertainty about their future because of President Trump's reckless, hateful agenda. Young men and women in this country are now unsure if they will be able to finish…