. >> chairman stutzman, ranking member braley and distinguished members of the subcommittee, i'm dr. jonathan gibraltar. at state university in maryland. we're a rural university in western maryland and part of the university system of maryland's 11 campuses. i'm here today testifying on behalf of the american association of state colleges and universities, commonly known as aascu which represents over 400 public institutions and university systems. thank you for holding this hearing. i would also encourage members to review my written statement for further detail and explanation of this testimony. frostburg serves the majority of veterans and active military connected to our region's national guard and reserve units. the number of veterans we serve varies significantly from year to year. our overall enrollment right now is about 5500 students. we're currently serving about 102 veterans. our growing online programs in particular are accredited mba and our new bachelor of science and nursing are proving particularly popular with veterans since these programs are designed to be very fl

stutzman, you're absolutely right. letting states try things out on their own. in california, we adopted a medical malpractice law that has held down insurance rates for doctors. so whether the republicans want to do when faced with the failure of 30 million, 50 million people without getting insurance? they said, oh, let's adopt a federal law, take the power away from the states and have one size fits all medical malpractice. that's their solution to health insurance inequities where people can't buy insurance because the insurance companies discriminate against them. let the states do things. let's don't preempt them. we're going to learn a lot from them. >> can i count on you to help me stop the punishment from senator bingaman to punish indiana for the leased toll road? would you help we with that? >> i certainly want to learn more about it. >> i'll let you two do a colloquy later. miss bass. >> thank you. mr. waxman, i have two questions. i want to get my questions out and then let you have the rest of the time. after july 2010, the government ended subsidi

stutzman and i, rural america isn't a policy, it's where we're from. and rural america has a disproportionate contribution to the defense of this country. so when we have young men and women returning, looking for educational opportunities, we have a moral obligation to reward that sacrifice by giving them an educational experience that moves them on the way to fulfilling their career in educational goals. i don't think you disagree with that. >> i absolutely agree. >> but one of your statements confused me where you said that there's no requirement for students to identify themselves as veterans. >> right. >> and yet, we're talking about funding from the gi bill and military tuition assistance benefits so how can colleges and universities not identify that that is a veteran when they're receiving those benefits. >> i think you're talking about two different issues. i think that where we struggle is that there are students who are on our university campuses who don't ever tell us or indicate in any way that they are veterans. they don't want themselves

stutzman. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you, mr. elmendorf, dr. elmendorf for being here. i always enjoy your analysis and your testimony. i'd like to talk about interest rates, and then segway that into taxes. on page 32, one of your points under interest rates says an increase in government debt tends to raise interest rates by people allocating their savings by crowding out investment capital goods such as computers. can you talk a little bit about, or does your report here touch on why our interest rates are at record low levels right now? >> we don't talk about that here, congressman. we will in our august regular forecast update. the principal factors seem to be weak economy, and thus weak private credit demands, and a flight to relative safety from financial markets, particularly in europe, that are in an especially fragile state right now. >> qe-1, qe-2, is that going to be -- that's obviously playing a part of that. if that expires, are we going to see interest rates increasing in the near future? >> certainly for short-term rates that's important. i was more focu

good afternoon, chairman stutzman and ranking member brayley, and fellow veterans and guests. let me first thank you for the opportunities to come before you on behalf of the veterans organizations they represent to share our views on the president's recent executive order 13607. this order is a generous step towards offering for-profit colleges and institutions that receive g.i. bill funding for students and veterans an opportunity to improve their r performance before laws are passed that will impose more severe regulatory remedies. though my time in service was many years ago as a vietnam era veteran in the u.s. air force, i have vivid memories of the military experience, and i remember quite well the tough time i had finding employment after going to a for profit institution that provided no placement assistance or counseling though theyed a veer tized they would. my experience serves as an example of what many veterans from iraq and afghanistan are going through now. ongoing analysis being done by the u.s. senate's health committee and other organizations shows students a

good afternoon, chairman stutzman, ranking member braley, and fellow veterans and guests. let me first thank you for the opportunity to come before you on behalf of the veterans

stutzman. >> thank you dr. elmendorf for being here. always enjoy your analysis and testimony. i would like to talk about interest rates and segue into taxes. on page 32, one of your points that our interest rate says increasing government debt raises interest rates by leading people to allocate a portion of savings to purchase government -- treasury bonds crowding out investments to capital goods like computers. does your report touch on why interest rates at record low levels right now? >> we don't talk about that here. we will in the regular forecast update, the principal factor seems to be weak economy and weak private demand and a flight to relative safety from financial markets particularly europe. that are in especially fragile stage right now. >> qe 1, qe 2 is playing a part of that. if that expires are we going to see interest rates increasing in the future? >> more focused on the long run rates, and bring down longer-term rates. when one looks at financial markets, beyond the next few years and later in the decade they are expecting a noticeable increase in interest r

stutzman, would designate the facility of the united states postal service located at 125 kerr avenue in rome city, indiana, as the s.p.c. nicholas scott hartge post office. this bill was introduced on november 18, 2011, and was reported favorably by the committee of oversight and government reform on the 7th of february. nicholas hartge grew up in rome city, indiana, and in high school decided to join the military. nicholas served in the third platoon and charlie company in the first infantry division and his company was deployed to iraq in august of 2006. nicholas' commanding officer took note of the young man's character and aptitude and helped him begin the process for applying to west point. while the prospect of becoming an offer -- he never deviated from his devotion to his fellow soldiers. and -- on may 20, 2007, specialist hartge's unit came under heavy attacwhile maneuvering through enemy fire. and the humvee was struck by a roadside bomb. nicholas hartge received a commendation medal for outstanding achievement in the capture of abu had a san, a known facilitator in baghdad

stutzman. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you, mr. elmendorf, dr. elmendorf for being here but i always enjoyed your analysis and your testimony. i'd like to talk about interest rates, and then segue that into taxes. on page 32, one of your points under interest rates says an increase in government debt tends to raise interest rates by leading people to allocate a large portion of their savings, such as treasury bonds, thereby crowding out investment and productive capital goods such as computers. and you talk a little bit about, or does your report here touch on why are interest rates at record low levels right now? >> we don't talk about that here, congressman. we will in our august forecast update. the principal factor seems to be a weak economy and this week private credit demand. and a flight to relative safety from financial markets, particularly in europe, that are an especially fragile state right now. >> with qe1, qe2, is that going to be, that's playing a part of that. if that expires, are we going to see interest rates increasing in the n