[cash register dings] - [laughs] - next is buck mckeon.er education subcommittee. so he would have been the first crack at the bill. he would have had to plausibly be aware of what was in the manager's amendment. - he even kind of looks like he is happy he got away with something. - [laughs] - oh, i knew buck. not only was the california republican on the higher education subcommittee, he also became chair of the powerful armed services committee... - i think we would rather have our enemies die than our troops. - where he was such a good friend to defense contractors, he developed a lovely reputation. - third name, senator jeffords. senator jeffords was the chairman of the senate help committee, which is in charge of higher education. - jim jeffords, best known for switching parties in 2001 and swinging control of the senate to the democrats, as well as for being part of the hottest act to ever grace a stage. all: ♪ every heart beats true ♪ for the red, white, and blue ♪ ♪ where there's never a boast or brag ♪ - he is actually on record t