In 2012, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions launched a series of hearings to examine the challenge of college affordability. In the first three hearings, the Committee heard from the administration, from both traditional and online universities and community colleges, from State officials, higher education associations, think tanks and researchers, among others. In this fourth and final hearing Committee members examine this issue through the lens of students. Statements from the following Committee members are given: (1) Honorable Tom Harkin (Chairman, opening statement); (2) Honorable Lamar Alexander, a U.S. Senator from the State of Tennessee (opening statement); (3) Honorable Christopher Murphy, a U.S. Senator from the State of Connecticut; (4) Honorable Tammy Baldwin, a U.S. Senator from the State of Wisconsin; (5) Honorable Patty Murray, a U.S. Senator from the State of Washington; (6) Honorable Sheldon Whitehouse, a U.S. Senator from the State of Rhode Island; and (7) Honorable Al Franken, a U.S. Senator from the State of Minnesota. Prepared statements were given by the following witnesses: (1) Ethan Senack, Higher Education Associate, U.S. Public Interest Research Group, Washington, DC; (2) Derrica Donelson, Student, Lipscomb University, Nashville, Tennessee; (3) Sara Goldrick-Rab, Associate Professor of Educational Policy Studies and Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin; and (4) Vivica Brooks, Bowie State University, Bowie, Maryland. Additional material includes response to questions of Senator Bennet by Sara Goldrick-Rab, Ph.D. and Vivica Brooks.