Using reliable, de-identified, protected data is a key part of identifying what works and what doesn't work.

In my district, many teachers feel they're required to do more and more year after year.

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, this 15-minute vote on ordering the previous question will be followed by 5-minute votes on…

supporting privacy is paramount to our work, along with supporting education data research.

I was glad my colleague pointed out that it violates the Seventh Amendment. Now we add that to the 10th Amendment. So there are actually two Amendments. I am not even an attorney, but I know this violates two Amendments to our…

Reclaiming my time, this effectively co-ops States and forces other States to do the same thing that my colleague's and my State of Colorado has already done. It goes beyond that as well. Under the 10th Amendment of the Constitution, this…

I will be happy to supply those. To be clear, the entire school doesn't close, just the gym closes.

Thank you, Chairman Rokita, for holding this hearing on this very important topic this morning.

And I thank the gentleman for yielding me the customary 30 minutes. First, I want to rise in agreement with my friend from Washington's statement about civility in this Chamber and beyond. I think that, while it is extremely important that…

The letter is signed by a number of sportsmen and environmental organizations, the very groups that we should seek to work with, the very groups that actually support, as I do, hydropower, facilitated permitting of hydropower, the right…

I thank the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Doggett) and would just add, look, fire prevention, expediting water projects and hydropower, these are not partisan issues; and to prove that point, there are bipartisan bills sponsored by…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 230, noes 185, not voting 16, as follows: [Roll No. 313] AYES--230…

It absolutely is. Sometimes the American people in the back-and-forth say: Hey, why aren't Democrats participating in the healthcare debate? And the reason, as the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Doggett) articulated, is we have never been…

Absolutely. I agree with the gentleman from Texas. This House and the institution of Congress, as a separate agency of government in Article I, section 1 of our Constitution has the responsibility to exercise oversight of the executive…

Isn't that too short a period of time to even come up with a thoughtful amendment?

I have one more question on that. I am a member of the Education and the Workforce Committee, one of the three committees that had original jurisdiction over the Affordable Care Act. The gentleman from Texas (Mr. Doggett) is a member of…

We hear the Senate is finally releasing a bill, a bill that would, sadly, take away healthcare from millions of Americans. Apparently, this bill will go straight to the Senate floor without a hearing, without a markup, without the…

President Trump campaigned on a promise to bring, somehow, jobs back home. He said he was going to overhaul the Tax Code, introduce an infrastructure package, and remove barriers to job creation. Unfortunately, we have yet to hear…

One thing is certain; our data infrastructure has not evolved with the changing student demographics and it is simply not equipped to do so.

Last week Mr. Mitchell and myself introduced the College Transparency Act, which would provide very important data about how our institutions of higher education are performing.

We both believe that we are making that decision students and families should have access to as much accurate information as possible.

I have introduced a number of pieces of legislation to provide additional protections, including the Student Digital Privacy and Parental Rights Act, the Email Privacy Act, the Protecting Data at the Border Act.

Frankly, I don't think that the government is driving this conversation at all.

Bicameral College Act

The College Transparency Act gives them the needed information about where they are performing well and where they can make improvements.