College affordability, an issue I hear from absolutely everyone.

this issue really demands a coordinated and robust response from local, State, and, of course, the Federal Government.

So when do you actually expect those refunds to be issued to the borrowers themselves?

I'm going to work to continue to protect those existing vouchers and, of course, work for more.

I did want to thank you, again, for your staff's hard work on the Moving to Work.

Well, going forward, you and I are going to have many discussions about how we make sure that student loan borrowers are well served and this does not happen again and benefits are not denied to our military or anyone.

I believe schools can only truly help every student succeed when they have adequate funding.

This issue really demands a coordinated and robust response from local, State, and, of course, the Federal Government.

I believe that this subcommittee can find a way to write a bipartisan bill once again.

I am concerned about the budget's proposal to designate a portion of the increase for use outside of the authorized Title I formulas.

Dr. King, as you know, the bipartisan Every Student Succeeds Act marks the first time that our Nation's primary education law authorized dedicated funding to improve access to preschool for children from low-income and disadvantaged…

I look forward to continuing to work with you on those issues.

I want to thank our chair, Senator Collins, and our ranking member, Senator Reed, for the commitment they have continually shown.

Several of the high-risk projects... are underfunded in the President's budget.

How is the administration going to meet its legally binding commitments to the Tri-Cities community?

I remain concerned with the pattern I am seeing within the budget requests for Richland Operations (RL) at Hanford.

My constituents are really concerned about the impacts the change in administration will have on these negotiations, and I wanted to urge you today to push the administration to begin these formal negotiations with Canada.

We need this to get started, because we cannot afford to wait, once the new administration, whoever it is, to reeducate everybody, have new people appointed, and get it started.

It is really critical that we finish the job on all fronts.

I really fear that this budget overall really foreshadows a decision by DOE to claim victory at RL and walk away from all the other cleanup RL is responsible for on the central plateau.

I have found the President's budget to be shortsighted and inadequate when it comes to Hanford.

We need to have that ready, on time, and at capacity.

I am really pleased to see that you are requesting a significant increase for the Caregivers Program.

I am concerned about many pressing needs facing the subcommittee, but one area I did not talk about that really worries me is combating antibiotic resistance.

We need to keep working toward more coverage, not less; more affordability, not less; and better quality, not less.