This gap is particularly devastating for teachers of color, who already shoulder disproportionately more student debt than their white peers.

I am pleased that we are having today's hearing on how to best support our educators and provide our children with high-quality classroom and school instruction.

We just have to do more.

The gap between teacher wages and the wages of other college graduates is wider than it's ever been.

But we also know that professional training for teachers and school leaders can only go so far without support to help educators overcome the significant cost barriers to entering and staying in the profession.

Today’s hearing is truly a unique opportunity for this committee to discuss best practices for strengthening government oversight, industry innovation, and educational alignment.

It is my hope that we can work together on a bipartisan basis to help scale up this model.

Today, we look forward to learning more about the apprenticeship systems of Australia, Germany, and Switzerland.

I am particularly eager to learn more about the Australian apprenticeship system, which incentivizes new apprenticeship opportunities in high-demand occupations while also prioritizing the recruitment of underserved groups.

I want to first thank my colleague from California for her work to undo the damage the President has done to transgender servicemembers and our Armed Forces. This ban endangers transgender soldiers and tells all transgender Americans that…

I oppose this amendment striking the mandate for paper ballots, because striking the mandate would completely undermine the bill and the security that we are trying to achieve.

Nobody thinks that connecting voter systems to the internet is a good idea.