when skip humphrey testified about what they're doing with senators to protect seniors and what holly petraeus has testified about how we protect veterans. that's why these agencies are here. not to score political points but to protect them against the kind of -- the kind of financial service abuses too many veterans and seniors have been subjected to. i would like to ask mr. cordray a question. every year i invite college presidents from around ohio, 50 or 60 of them to come to washington where we spend a day, day and a half. whether graduates finding jobs, student loans, affordability, whether it's training, scientists, all the things that our college universities do so well. one of the issues that we address most recently is rising co cost. that's why i proposed ombudsman office included in the cfpb. mr. cordray, tell me what the bureau has done to address the rising level of educational debt in the country, what are your future plans as you begin to run this agency and figure out how to protect students and these kinds of situations? >> sure. first of all, we've hired a terrific individua

holly petraeus, the wife of general petraeus, testified. she works at the consumer financial protection bureau, an agency which is in the news and controversial because his executive director, richard cordray, who was announced and appointed by the president when the senate refused. the speeches criticize the agency which some republicans loathe and despise. butness it is in the law -- but it is in the law and those who are critical of it should meet. holly petraeus is trying to stop the abuses of for-profit schools when it comes to the g.i. bill. that is something we should old join together on, democrats and republicans alike. the men and women who serve us in the military are entitled not only to the g.i. bill but to institutions of learning that give them a chance to take their time in school and turn it into a much better life for themselves and their families. i hope that we can come together on the question of affordability and on tyke ag taking a closer t the institutions. madam president, at this time, i would like to ask three una