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My mother was able to raise two kids by herself while still going to college and getting an advanced degree because she was able to get grants and work study. that's while she was in school. michelle and i are only here today because of scholarships and student loans that gave us a good shot at a great education. and it wasn't easy to pay off these loans, but it sure wasn't as hard as it is for a lot of kids today. so my administration has tried to do our part by making sure that the student loans program puts students before banks by increasing aid for millions of students and their familie...

Labor bill goes against michelle obama's anti-obesity initiative. how can kids be active if they are limited by this law? so i guess chuck is saying that child labor, slave labor is the only way to be healthy. >> yeah. that doesn't ring true to me as someone who did not slave away on a farm although i did have a very active lifestyle as a child. my daughter 3 years old. i don't intend to be enrolling her in any work study programs any time soon. there are lots of ways to live a healthy lifestyle. you don't have to be working as a janitor in your school to do so. >> dr. raj, finally, and i wond...

Watching. the by standers. the witnesses and also the one who is being hazed. so if you say to them, your financial aid, your work study, everything that you have that's federally allocated will be suspended if you are involved in a hazing incident, we think it will stop it. and then we want our attorney general holder to put together a task force, a commission, a national hazing task force or commission, we'll let him name it, to look at this whole issue of hazing and how we as americans can stop it and change the culture. because it's a ritual that's old as america in fraternities and colleg...

Teacher. it's all because of the union. so i said let's keep two janitors who are adults who are professional. they do all the heavy stuff and the dangerous stuff. then let's take all the other jobs and divide them up into part-time kids. and you could probably in the average school hire 30 children. >> so we have gone from child labor laws being cut out to now let's attack the union. what do you make of this? >> it's just a mishmash of just mendacity because on the one hand he's talking about giving these kids all these jobs. well, at schools, at universities they have work-study. to try to p...

Teachers. the entry-level janitor is paid twice as much as an entry-level teacher. it's all because of the union. so i said let's keep two janitors who are adults who are professional. they do all the heavy stuff and the dangerous stuff. then let's take all the other jobs and divide them up into part-time kids. and you could probably in the average school hire 30 children. >> so we have gone from child labor laws being cut out to now let's attack the union. what do you make of this? >> it's just a mishmash of just mendacity because on the one hand he's talking about giving these kids all these...