mr. nassirian's right. i can't ignore the data that shows this. and we need to hammer down on this there is a lot of money here and a lot of those things. how we get to that point of communication is still troubling me. i went over my time. i'll yield back to the chairman. >> that is not a problem. ms. baechtold, did you have a comment i think you wanted to make? >> i just wanted to respond a little bit more to mr. walz's question. it's been baffling to school certifying officials, for example, that we can get full eligibility and payment information for almost every other chapter except the post-9/11 gi bill that is and has always been accessible to us through the va interface that we use to report information to the va. it appears it's a combination of perhaps misplaced privacy concerns since we obviously are entitled to that information for every other chapter and limitations on i.t. systems that may have other priorities right now. but pretty soon this needs to become a priority or we will not be able to continue to do many of the things and p

mr. nassirian. >> surprised the politically correct thing to say is that it's a few bad apples. the data argue otherwise. you're looking at 11% of all enrollments, consuming a quarter of pell grant dollars, accounting for half of all student loan defaults, capturing 50% of the dod tuition assistance funding, 37% of all va benefits. the numbers, you know, you can bring -- the plural of anecdote is not dated. the data speaks to a systemic issue. >> can i respond to that, mr. chairman? >> certainly. sure. >> i appreciate that, because i respect everybody's right to disagree with the concept of private sector education. i think, though, that we ought to understand exactly who private sector colleges and universities happen to serve in america today, and what would happen if they didn't exist thankful tends to be career-oriented education. the reality is that today 94% of all the students who attend private sector colleges and universities in this country are eligible for title 4 student financial aid assistance. we ought to be commending the school for serving students that otherwis