Susan Davis

President Trump's 'skinny' budget would completely do away with the funding for the Corporation for National and Community Service.

The Majority is holding a hearing because THEY believe $65.10 was mismanaged.

I hope that we remain focused on the vital importance of service to our Nation.

National service is the only way to ensure and inform empathic citizenry and a healthy Nation.

President Trump's Skinny Budget would completely do away with the funding for the Corporation for National and Community Service.

It has been hard keeping up with all the changes over the last 24 hours. This process has been far from transparent. The CBO released a revised score last night that said that the changes made to appease the Freedom Caucus will cost about…

I understand that major laws often have winners and losers. Unfortunately, I am struggling to figure out who wins under this healthcare plan. We have seen who stands to lose: 24 million fewer people will have insurance; States will lose…

I certainly hope we can come back together and look at some of the details and some of the best practices so we actually can do something that is going to make a difference.

I think it has been a good and strong discussion, and a lot of contributions all the way around in terms of some of the things that we actually can change without hurting students and furthering their education.

The Pell Grant program now covers the smallest share of undergraduate costs since its inception.

House Democrats believe that with sufficient investment, the right targeting toward the students with the greatest need, and easy to access financial aid, the current system could better serve America's working families.

We must create policies that pay close attention to those who have been traditionally underserved by our system.

Although we should celebrate these outcomes, we know there is tremendous room for improvement.

Today's hearing provides us with an opportunity to hear from experts about ways to improve the Federal student aid system established in this legislation.

The Higher Education Act was enacted to expand access to college and provide an affordable degree to anyone wanting to pursue an education post-high school.

Thank you, Chairman Guthrie. I, too, look forward to a strong working relationship, and thank you to the witnesses for being here.

I would like to express MAZON's sincere appreciation to Chairman Thompson and Ranking Member McGovern for their co-sponsorship of the Military Hunger Prevention Act.

After the extraordinary events of this week, I certainly had hoped that the House would move forward with a swift investigation into White House dealings with Russia. But, not to be distracted, it looks like the majority would rather spend…

I think there are various reasons that experts have looked at.

I think that at its height, union density was over 30 percent.

I think income inequality continues to be the big elephant in the room.

I think what we have seen across this country in the last couple years is an explosion of local initiatives... that have demanded a living wage.

I think there is no question that the President was blocked in putting people on the Board and letting the agency do its work.

I think at this point, given the political realities, that there is nothing that can be done to amend the act.

There is no question that when employees have a collective voice in their workplace and they are not subject to being fired at whim, they are able to negotiate better terms and conditions that at the end of the day help everyone.