Exchanges, however, cannot fix the fundamental problems with the new Health Care Law.

I strongly support her nomination. She's an excellent candidate for this important diplomatic position.

Unfortunately, my request has been ignored, and the result has been three of the most biased and poorly executed hearings in my nearly 15 years in the Senate.

Make no mistake, the Inspector General's findings trouble me as much as they do you.

I think it is a deeply disturbing model.

But when this is done only basically 86 to 90 percent of it from taxpayers' money or going after the military--it is both taxpayers' money--and disadvantaged students, who then drop out with a mountain of debt, I get disturbed.

I opposed the legislation when it was passed and I continue to oppose it today.

This hearing is an agenda-driven rush to judgment. It is a cart before the horse, a verdict before the trial.

I have been consistently requesting that we examine the issues you have identified objectively and across all sectors of higher education.

That testimony was ultimately found to contain so many factual errors and mischaracterizations that it was substantially revised and reissued.

lighting in our homes should be about personal choice and not about federal mandates.

I think with your background that you're the perfect person to coordinate all of that, too.

I realize that, and I appreciate Senator Isakson doing that so I could be at another hearing at the first part, too, and I won't have any questions for these two witnesses.

Regrettably, the employment opportunities for Americans overall continues to be strained due to the extended economic downturn resulting in sustained unemployment levels in excess of 9 percent.

Americans are in agreement that individuals with intellectual disabilities can and should participate in the workforce.

People with disabilities have been particularly hit hard by current economic challenges that limit their opportunities to participate in the workforce resulting in lower workforce participation rates over the past few years.

Since the passage of the Americans With Disabilities Act over 20 years ago, Democrats and Republicans have regularly come together to support policies that encourage the participation of individuals with disabilities in all aspects of…

I want to also thank you for your leadership in this area and for your continued commitment to skills training and employment of people with disabilities.

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If they already have it, they can keep it, but there's not any new policies being issued, and consequently, they're getting out of that market.

I don't see how that's going to drive down the health care costs for small businesses.

I appreciate that, and I would mention that in the HELP Committee bill, Senator Harkin and I had an amendment that would have allowed for some flexibility for incentives.