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Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Capitol Worship, which is a mission that is near and dear to my heart. For the past 8 years, Pastor Dan Cummins and his wife, JoAnn Cummins, have ministered the Members of Congress, staff, and the…
Due in part to these differences in structure and incentives, for profit colleges have consistently worse outcomes.
Only in the for profit sector can college leaders benefit personally from the operations of their institutions.
But this argument completely ignores the reality that the sectors already operate under very different oversight and accountability structures.
I have, as I know many people do, significant interest and concern about cybersecurity and the use of surveillance by the Chinese.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the Bald Eagle Area High School unified bocce team, which recently brought home a State championship. It is only the unified bocce team's second season, and they have already been crowned the best in the…
Post-secondary education is a vital pathway to good paying jobs and career success and we must work to ensure that this pathway remains available and viable to students of all ages and socioeconomic backgrounds.
Just 58 percent of enrollees graduate in 6 years. Not 4 years 6 years.
As we heard this morning, 4 year completion rates are really no longer the norm.
It doesn't seem like all that long ago we were in the midst of the great recession, but the agricultural economy was booming then.
We have been asking repeatedly for VA and the Department of Defense to provide information about their governance proposal for months, but all we hear is crickets; meanwhile, the program continues to move further down the track and…
It is good to have lessons learned, but unfortunately you had to fail to get here.
A lack of accountability, a lack of governance, it is not just a Veterans Benefits Administration issue, it is a whole of VA issue.
Resulting in unclear communication of implementation progress and inadequately defined expectations, roles, and responsibilities of the various VA business lines and contractors involved.
I would like to compare some statistics between community colleges and for profit schools in my district in Las Vegas, Nevada and Henderson.
Disaster relief, which is long overdue, I thought that was a solid message here about people waiting for disaster relief.
Mr. President, this week, we know that the Senate is considering the nomination of Michael Park, who has been nominated by the President to serve on the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. I have a number of concerns with Mr. Park's…