We saw the damage that can occur when we have lax regulations. It was, at least in part, responsible for the 2008 financial crisis.

Some of what we are going to hear today lies outside of the Committee's jurisdiction and the jurisdiction of financial regulators.

We wouldn’t be meeting tonight if we weren’t making plans to move forward in a real way. And with -- President Trump at the head of that ticket.

We wouldn`t be meeting tonight if we weren`t making plans to move forward in a real way.

Madam Speaker, I rise to recognize the important work being done all across North Carolina to reduce food insecurity. I commend the outgoing president of the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners, Ronnie Smith, for his…

Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidable detained and missed the following vote. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 247. MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS Aderholt (Moolenaar) Auchincloss…

Madam Speaker, today I rise to recognize former U.S. Representative Sue Myrick who has a landmark birthday this Sunday. Congresswoman Myrick served the people of North Carolina's Ninth Congressional District from 1995 to 2013. Before that…

Institutions with poor Pell Grant completion rates should be held accountable.

Congress created a very generous Federal student aid system.

I truly understand the difficulties of the burdens that we're now placing upon students in overwhelming debt.

Sadly, the truth is that colleges and universities, not the students, are the major beneficiaries of the Pell Grant program.

We must fix a broken system, not by throwing more money at it, but demanding financial accountability by higher educational systems.

We can't have everything always given to us, and I knew I just had to work extra hours despite being in a pre-medical program.

The Pell Grant program is the cornerstone of Federal student aid.

Pumping additional dollars into the Pell Grant problem will not solve the serious underlying issues plaguing the higher education sector.

We want to support our students. We want to give them every single one, regardless of socioeconomic status, a chance for opportunity for growth.

A Pell Grant should not be allowed so often to be a ticket to nowhere.

I've been very vocal about administrative bloat.