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I join all my colleagues in welcoming Representative Julia Letlow to the halls of Congress and to the Education and Labor Committee Republican team.

You can imagine my surprise when I learned we were ignoring these important, pressing topics to examine colleges transitioning from for-profit to non-profit status.

Federal student debt tops 1.5 trillion dollars, college costs continue to skyrocket, campus free speech is under attack, and China is infiltrating U.S. campuses.

High school graduation rates are declining, the Nation's skills gap is growing, COVID-19 pandemic polices have led to years' worth of learning loss.

Unfortunately, many institutions are inadequately preparing students for post-college success.

Is there anything illegal, generally speaking, about any for-profit company converting to a non-profit organization?

I believe I have the right to close, and I apologize for neglecting to say I oppose the amendment at the beginning. I believe I have the right to close, therefore, I will reserve the balance of my time.

We are hearing from the people who are on the front lines, and we have said we want to protect the people on the front lines. Well, let's listen to the people on the front lines. I reserve the balance of my time.

I have never said everything is perfectly okay. I said this bill is not the answer to what issues may still exist out there. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Iowa (Mrs. Miller-Meeks), and applaud her for how she has…

Another provision in H.R. 7 requires that, in addition to proving business necessity, an employer must prove the business necessity accounts for 100 percent of the differential in compensation at issue. This is impossible to do. How can an…

I look forward to this hearing and to hearing more about your vision for Federal student aid and the appropriate role for the Federal Government moving forward in higher education and the workforce.

We want to eliminate tuition at public institutions. Who is going to pay for that?

Somehow the crystal ball is good enough for us to say that if you are Black or brown, then there is no way for you to make a loan repayment--if you are a minority.

Your work within the President Obama's White House and in the Department of Education raises some concerns for me because it shows that you believe solutions should come from unelected administrative appointees rather than the hard work of…

The only valid passport out of poverty.

The private sector is innovating in new ways to meet the needs of all of our consumers, and we should be encouraging our regulators to seek regulatory requirements that fit these advancements, not hinder them.

It is clear that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle want to relive old debates here in the committee.

Thank you for your leadership. It has been nothing less than stellar.