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Bob Schaffer is a former U.S. Congressman who represented Colorado's 4th congressional district from 1997 to 2003. A member of the Republican Party, Schaffer was known for his strong advocacy of national defense, particularly in support of a national missile defense system. He also took firm stances on social issues, including opposition to the sale of fetal tissue from abortions. Schaffer has been involved in various political and educational initiatives following his congressional career, including serving as the president of the Colorado Community College System.
Yes, Mr. Speaker, Ernst and Young predicted that the Department of Education had fully been apprised of their possibility that its controls were so lax and insufficient that waste, fraud and abuse could take place in the specific fund that…
one other example that we investigated in the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations was a theft ring involving collaboration between outside contractors and the Department of Education employees who operated this theft ring for at…
that has been our objective here in Congress as a Republican majority is to chop this waste, fraud and abuse out of Federal agencies to begin to consolidate programs so that we can send money back to the States in larger chunks with fewer…
I would submit and I know my colleague would agree that it all relates. It is all the same from a taxpayer's perspective. Back home in Ft. Collins, Colorado or Pierce, South Dakota or Holland, Michigan they are sending their money to…
if I can clarify, Ernst and Young was hired by the Department of Education to perform the audit on the Department's books, much like many businesses do around the country today to hire outside auditors to come in and give an objective…
I have actually had superintendents of schools and school board members and principals who tell me not to spend another dime on that agency until we get it cleaned up and until we get that financial disaster corrected. They need the money…
Republicans are for decentralized government. We are for strong high-quality schools, we are for well-paid teachers who are well-trained and paid on a professional basis, and we are for money being spent on the priorities that exist in…
nearly 40 years ago, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned ``we cannot mortgage the material assets of our grandchildren without risking the loss also of their political and spiritual heritage. ``We want democracy to survive for all…
Education is essential and fundamental to the maintenance of our Republic. It is virtually impossible in a Nation that is devised on a philosophy where the people hold the power and loan that authority to politicians at election time to…
So this is, the Department, I mentioned this before, sends duplicate payments for the same expenditures. It would be like your employer sending you two paychecks for the same month.
we on the Republican side of the aisle are very, very serious about getting dollars to the classroom, and it does not always mean we have to spend more. What it does mean, though, is that we have to be smarter and wiser. We need to be more…
Mr. Speaker, Taiwan has played a positive role in promoting world trade and eradicating poverty and in advancing human rights, a fact that merits recognition by members of the United Nations. Taiwan has a population of 23 million and has a…