Matt Salmon

the fact that Cuba continues to repress its people and has been caught violating U.N. sanctions and shipping weapons to North Korea.

My amendment is very simple. All it will do is call on NATO to suspend all former NRC, NATO-Russia Council, activities until Russia stops its aggression against Ukraine, removes its troops from Crimea, and reverses its annexation of the…

It is not just our production of STEM degrees, but it is making sure that those degrees are in areas where they are needed.

I think that the panel or the members of the delegation up here, the members of the committee, I think have been given a rare treat, to be able to see in America how education leaders are pioneering new things, breaking outside of existing…

Representative Salmon's bipartisan legislation on competency-based learning is an excellent example of the type of reforms that are needed as Congress moves forward to reauthorize the Higher Education Act of 1965.

It's important we hear from students, educators, and state and local leaders about challenges and opportunities facing the workforce and education system.

It is critical more young people in Arizona have access to the training, education, and hands-on experience necessary to meet the needs of the local workforce.

we are woefully inadequate here in Arizona with the number of residency spots that we have.

I recently introduced bipartisan legislation to start a pilot project for higher education institutions to pursue the competency-based education model.

I do not care where you go in America, when you ask people what is on their minds, it is get more jobs going in this country.

I think most people would agree that Russia has undue influence over this country, over Ukraine, because of the energy that they supply.

This is about freedom.

Clearly the Venezuela people deserve far better.

I think that taking care of the most elderly and vulnerable in our society is a good function of government.

I would love to see some kind of a public awareness campaign in this country to try to encourage families to be families and step up and, you know, to take care of their parents and not neglect them and not just forget about them.

American leadership in promoting free trade agreements globally has been instrumental in the spread of economic freedom and the rule of law worldwide.

The level of competition created by free trade policies has been the impetus for remarkable innovation.

The question is whether it goes south or whether it goes west, and if it goes west, that oil is going to be shipped to our economic competitor, China.

It seems clear to me that America's leadership in promoting free trade policies has been a vital part of American prosperity.

Further delays on the final decision at Keystone will probably mean that the U.S. will be the loser in this.

Finally, I think this has boiled down to a disagreement of whether or not ultimately we want them to be able to continue any kind of a nuclear program within Iran versus being able to go forward and not have any kind of a nuclear program.

It is an alarming fact that this agreement that you struck with the Iranians gives them access to $7 billion in cash.

The administration claimed to not be in negotiations with Iran when they in fact were.

If there is a way for the Speaker to allow this group to make the decision, I think we would be able to solve this problem and get our State and our country back on a strong economic footing to increase trade, to protect our borders, and…

I have been pushing the Obama administration to finally approve the Keystone XL Pipeline, which promises to create jobs while making us less dependent on energy from areas around the world that are less friendly to our interests.