Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, the amendment under consideration seeks to punish a small business because it had the audacity to try to help military and veteran students achieve their educational and career potential. The amendment requires the Secretary of Defense to deny proprietary colleges and universities permission to operate the DOD educational assistance programs if such an institution of higher ed receives more than 90 percent of its revenue from ``Federal education assistance funds.'' Federal education assistance funds include DOD tuition assistance, GI Bill benefits, and all Federal student aid in the Higher Education Act, like Pell Grants and student loans. Congress should not deny educational choices to military servicemembers because of arbitrary accounting gimmicks based on the whims of Congress. Sadly, that is exactly what this amendment would do if passed and implemented. What is particularly damaging about the amendment is it seeks to judge institutions on how students pay for school and not on the success of the students. This is not what good, fair accountability looks like. Mr. Speaker, I believe in accountability for all institutions, no matter their tax status. If this accountability framework is so great for students, then my colleagues should not mind applying the accounting standard to all institutions. But that is not what this is about. This is about putting hardworking Americans out of business.…”