Virginia Foxx

One hundred billion dollars will be allocated to school buildings even though only 3 percent of our Nation's permanent school buildings were in immediate need or repair according to Federal data.

We cannot balance our spending sprees on the backs of hard-working American taxpayers, and our children and grandchildren.

Ninety-five percent of the Biden administration's American Jobs Plan and American's Families Plan funds a socialist wish list.

I thank my colleague from Louisiana for yielding and for holding this Special Order tonight. The American people are frightened by what they are seeing unfold at the southern border. That fear is real, and it is only amplified by an…

There are real issues American students and families are grappling with.

I would say that students going to those schools would say that is extracting revenue for individual benefit.

Unfortunately, many institutions are inadequately preparing students for post-college success.

you can imagine my surprise when I learned we were ignoring these important, pressing topics to examine colleges transitioning from for-profit to non-profit status.

Republicans care about all students no matter what institution they attend.

Dr. Letlow is a dedicated public servant who's worked in higher education for years, and we're overjoyed to welcome her.

I join all my colleagues in welcoming Representative Julia Letlow to the halls of Congress and to the Education and Labor Committee Republican team.

I think it's important that we ascertain that when that strengthening came in was under a republican administration.

Republicans oppose all fraud and abuse no matter the tax status of the perpetrator.

Democrats want to talk about a college's legal and financial structure, not about students.

Families don't care about who runs a college, they do care about their ability to succeed.

You know there are lies, damn lies, and statistics.

Our education system is in crisis.

High school graduation rates are declining, the Nation's skills gap is growing, COVID-19 pandemic polices have led to years' worth of learning loss.

I think the record needs to be straightened out.

I call upon my colleagues to pursue a bi-partisan path forward to reforming the Higher Education Act.

I tell you I had that experience when I was the president of the community college.

Is there anything illegal, generally speaking, about any for-profit company converting to a non-profit organization?

Federal student debt tops 1.5 trillion dollars, college costs continue to skyrocket, campus free speech is under attack, and China is infiltrating U.S. campuses.

We all agree American workers should be kept out of harm's way on the job so they can safely and healthily return home to their families. These caregivers deserve protections, but H.R. 1195 is the wrong approach to address the important…

I believe I have the right to close, and I apologize for neglecting to say I oppose the amendment at the beginning. I believe I have the right to close, therefore, I will reserve the balance of my time.