"Access to loans and other financial instruments at reasonable rates is critical for manufacturing products that are important to our national and economic security."
"We would very much like to see in Federal legislation policies that make clear that institutions... are doing so in a way that is completely equitable across genders."
"I am a proponent of giving athletes the power to organize and collectively bargain for fair and better treatment."
"50 years after the passage of title IX, females are being annually shortchanged by a billion dollars in athletic scholarships."
"Do you agree that in those instances they should also be required to provide the same level of support to all athletes in their program regardless of their race, their gender, the sport they play?"
"I appreciate that commitment, and you know I am going to hold you to that."
"the national standard should be as pro-athlete as possible?"
"I think it is fair to say that for a long time the main argument against allowing college athletes to be compensated for the use of their NIL was that it would effectively end college athletics as we ..."
"Would you commit to working with members of this committee to craft a legislative fix that prioritizes college athletes?"
"if deals started to take the shape of resembling pay-for-play, which has been discussed today, it just highlights what we have known for years, and that is that there is a market for paying college at..."
"Any Federal action we take to deliver for the people who have always been what matters most in college sports--and that is the athletes--that means guaranteeing them the maximum freedom possible to be..."