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Madam Speaker, I am going to urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on the previous question so that I can amend the rule to allow all Members of Congress the opportunity to vote to cut spending. Republican Whip Eric Cantor recently launched…
Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. We have to constantly remind our colleagues across the aisle that Republicans were in charge of the Congress when President Clinton was in office his last 6 years and that Democrats…
Madam Speaker, I now yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Upton).
Madam Speaker, I rise today in tribute to Don Moss of Pilot Mountain, North Carolina, who is a dedicated volunteer at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. Why is Mr. Moss so special? Because, over the past three decades, he has…
Madam Speaker, I now yield 1 minute again to the gentleman from California (Mr. Daniel E. Lungren).
Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from Massachusetts for yielding me this time. I rise today in defense of the First Amendment to the Constitution and to urge my colleagues to oppose this rule for H.R. 5175, the so- called DISCLOSE Act…
Madam Speaker, I will now yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Michigan (Mrs. Miller).
Madam Speaker, every citizen in this country, in fact, every school child above the fifth grade ought to know what the First Amendment of the Constitution says. But we know that our education is lacking these days, so I am going to read…
Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Sensenbrenner).
Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Pence). (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)
Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from California (Mr. Daniel E. Lungren).
What sort of industry-wide performance measures are available to help us better understand the performance of institutions?
Taxpayers are backing almost all of those loans.
An investment in higher education is an investment in our future.
This measure would change the behavior of the industry by making it accountable for the product/service it is delivering.
I believe that there is great value in distance learning and online education.
I strongly believe that it is critical for Congress to take a look at each and every dollar that we spend.