Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record a letter from Mr. Johnny Taylor at the Society for Human Resource Management, SHRM. Society for Human Resource Management, Alexandria, VA, January 15, 2020. Hon. Susan Davis, Chairman, U.S. House Education Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment, Washington, DC. Hon. Lloyd Smucker, Ranking Member, U.S. House Education Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment, Washington, DC. Dear Chairman Davis and Ranking Member Smucker: Every new rule comes with the risk of unintended negative impact even when the best of intentions exists on both sides. This is particularly prevalent in higher education--a space I know well following seven years as the President and CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and having served as a Trustee for the University of Miami, Drake University and the Cooper Union. It is with this lens and my current lens as President and CEO of the Society for Human Resource Management, Chair of the President's Board of Advisors on HBCUs, and member of the White House American Workforce Policy Advisory Board that I feel compelled to provide perspective on the U.S. Department of Education's updated rule governing borrower defense to repayment. It's important to take a step back. Three and a half years ago, the Department unveiled proposed revisions to the borrower defense to repayment rule.…”