Political Quotes

“Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It seems to be the core of the rebuttal argument we heard here is that this is a violation of student privacy and that we would be somehow looking into records that are confidential. I would direct the gentlemen who made those statements to page 4 of my amendment, lines 18 and 19, where it says with the name of the individual student redacted but with appropriate links so it is possible for the Office of Civil Rights to determine the overall statistical data, but not have any individual student data. It is specifically redacted in my bill. I think it is appropriate and necessary for this Congress to review where our money is being spent and to see what kind of results we are getting from all of our institutions, and also to ensure that they are complying with the Supreme Court decision. I have laid this out as three points that are important: lawful, conforming with the Supreme Court decisions that are on the two Michigan cases; and informed choices for students so that they can evaluate when they go to an institution. This information is not available, Mr. Chairman. I don't know how any student would ever have access. And looking at how difficult it was to get some empirical data just out of Michigan on the way to the Supreme Court, there is no way a high school junior or senior could ever have enough access to make an informed decision without these kinds of reports.…”