In 1975, the Pell Grant covered nearly 80 percent of the average cost of tuition room and board at a public 4 year university.

I'm particularly troubled by the number of students who have been left behind with not only significant student loans, but also no meaningful degree.

The declining value of the Pell Grant, the bedrock of our financial aid system, has also increased the burden for students and families.

But the Pell Grant could not keep up with the cost of college. So, through the years the student debt crisis grew. And now the crisis has turned into a catastrophe.

The work we do here today has direct consequences on your lives and futures. I hope all my colleagues will keep today's hearing grounded in our most important priority: supporting your success and pursuit of the American Dream.

The cost of attending college today has more than tripled what it cost to attend college in 1980.

I have heard the women of Congress come to the floor one by one by one to tell their personal stories about abortion. I am a very private person, and I just couldn't do it. I didn't want to relive the most painful time in my entire life…

Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 401. members recorded pursuant to house resolution 8, 117th congress Babin (Jackson) Bass (Neguse) Blumenauer (Beyer) Bourdeaux (Correa) Brown (MD) (Trone) Bush (Jeffries)…

This Net Zero Program presents a regional approach to resolving the nation's supply chain and climate challenges.

I ask you to close and carefully review PortMiami's Mega and INFRA grant applications.

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. This is just annoying to me that everyone on the Republican side is so concerned about the children before they are born, and once they are born, they want nothing to do with them. So these children…

I am proud to have you fighting on behalf of American workers.