This hearing is nothing but a smokescreen, yet another in a long chain of attempts by my friends on the other side of the aisle to deny what is manifestly true, that the Iran nuclear agreement is working.

He focuses on improving access to CTE programs to ensure that students of all ages are prepared with skills necessary for the 21st century workforce.

I thank the gentlewoman. I appreciate the gentleman from New York and certainly the gentlewoman from Ohio for organizing this Special Order to discuss the need for criminal justice reform. Mr. Speaker, we have serious, fundamental problems…

Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to H.R. 3832, the Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Prevention Act of 2016, as amended. While I support the legislation's underlying goal of deterring and preventing tax-related identity theft and tax fraud, I…

As we move forward with reauthorization, we must prioritize robust investment in high quality CTE programs in each and every State in order to maintain our Nation's status as a leader in the global economy.

The globalization of the marketplace has altered the way the U.S. and other countries compete for business.

I want to thank Senator Kaine for his leadership in the Senate to ensure that last year's bipartisan Every Student Succeeds Act included provisions to strengthen school career counseling programs.

CTE can be an effective strategy for keeping children engaged.

Today's CTE fosters educational environments and engages students with an integrated curriculum of core academic content and real world work-based relevance.

Investing in high-quality CTE and increasing access to these programs - through the reauthorization of Perkins CTE - must be a prioritized as a solution to bridge that gap.

But the main reason that America remains strong and continues to attract business investment is because we have well-educated workers.

You fought to expand career counseling, modernization of high schools with work based learning opportunities, and designation of CTE as a well-rounded education component of ESSA.

Investing in high quality CTE and increasing access to these programs through the reauthorization of the Perkins CTE must be prioritized as a partial solution to bridge this gap.

It was an important part, I think, of ESSA and the reauthorization this committee and the Senate did.

The Higher Education Act is also maybe the best place to fix this Pell grant disparity that we were just discussing.

It makes no sense.

This is an example of the second class status of CTE that still is kind of contained in the Federal laws.

The reduction of funds is sort of coming at exactly the wrong time because the good news is I think there is a renaissance of awareness that this is really important.