These school closures can be devastating for students, plunging them into financial and emotional despair while robbing them of the education and opportunities they deserve.

Congress and the Education Department must work together to crack down predatory schools that continue to cheat our students and our taxpayers.

Our Governor DeSantis has forced districts to stop implementing mask mandates while the Delta variant surges across our State.

People in my district die every day. We have lost dozens of teachers in Florida.

DeSantis is failing to protect Florida students and educators and endangering our state's recovery and the safe reopening of schools.

I enthusiastically supported this provision in both the HEROES Act and the American Rescue Plan.

Supporting Black men and boys in their path of higher education has been my life's work.

I would like to get you to today to commit to do everything in your power to expedite the discharge for these 500,000 Americans with disabilities.

I am concerned about the raging, raging of mental health issues in our school districts and in our colleges and universities.

We can help close the 23 billion racial funding gap that exists between school districts serving students of color and those serving predominantly white students.

The past year has disrupted the education of millions of students and placed a tremendous strain on our students, parents, and our teachers.