The testimony and evidence before me suggests that FRA has adopted a culture of deregulation and decreased oversight at the expense of the safety and health of employees and passengers.

There is a need to regulate artificial intelligence. My time is up, but we do need regulations in place.

We have heard during our last hearing the different institutions have vastly different funding levels and that the institutions serving the largest share of low income students and students of color are often the same institutions that…

One thing that I will note is that our Nation spends $5 billion less educating students of color in the higher ed system than it does White students.

Every year three is 600,000 folks that should be graduating and they would have graduated but instead they are coming out of incarceration.

the institutions serving the largest share of low income students and students of color are often the same institutions that struggle to provide the support students need because they are chronically underfunded.

Madam Chair, I rise to support the en bloc amendment, which includes my amendment to protect Water Conservation Areas in the Everglades from oil wells. It is important to point out that as of last year, the Federal Government and the State…

Madam Speaker, in the beginning of the 116th Congress, we elected more than 80 new Members; and so, in order to welcome you to the 116th Congress, the women of the Congressional Women's Softball team want to make sure that everyone knows…

I think there's no question that there's an overemphasis on measuring--trying to quantify pain.

If we aren't able to get students of color and low income students to that baccalaureate level, it's exacerbating the racial and economic inequality in our country.

Our Nation spends $5 billion less educating students of color in the higher ed system than it does White students.

our Nation spends $5 billion less educating students of color in the higher ed system than it does White students.

the elephant in the room, to me, is that this pain scale still exists.

The innovative ideas we will be discussing today such as dual enrollment in high school and additional students support services in two and four year colleges among many others have the potential to significantly decrease the equity access…

I hope, since you are the president of the AMA, that you would lead that effort.

The institutions serving the largest share of low income students and students of color are often the same institutions that struggle to provide the support students need because they are chronically underfunded.

FIU has also partnered with area high schools to help accelerate time to college completion and since 2009, has helped thousands of high school students obtain college credits to reduce the amount of time and money required to obtain a…

Although African American and Hispanic students have made tremendous academic strides since the Civil Rights Era, graduation and dropout rates suggest that substantial barriers persist.