Virginia Foxx

It is time to stop blaming the administration for the inaction and incompetence of the laws that were written by the Congress.

It is time to set the record straight. It is Congress who sets the terms and conditions borrowers must meet to receive PSLF.

I have spent years trying to combat the stigma and championing the idea that all education is career education.

A real quick question, Dr. Marti: You mentioned 230 fields where there are apprenticeships.

You all have alluded and spoken directly, both, to the fact that employers are very engaged in what is going on.

You also said a few minutes ago that there are minimum standards set by the federal government...

Thank you, Mr. Walker. I appreciate that.

A persistent problem we have with the apprenticeship system in the United States is the disappointing stigma attached to models other than what we have known as, quote, traditional postsecondary education at a college or university.

I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding me time and including my amendment in the en bloc. Mr. Chair, I rise in support of the en bloc package. I thank Chairman Smith and Ranking Member Thornberry for their assistance on my amendment…

I would like to inquire of the Chair how much time is remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman has 2\3/4\ minutes remaining.

I want to reiterate again what I said before: we support veterans. We want them to get a great education, but we want them to have the choices that they have fought for. They have sacrificed for freedoms for our country, and they deserve…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Florida will be postponed. Amendment No. 17 Offered by Ms. Omar The Acting CHAIR. It is…

Oh, I think it has to do with who's President and who's not President. I think that's really the base of it.

I thank my colleague from Georgia for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to H.R. 3351. One of the many faults of this legislation is language designed to eliminate educational options for low-income families in the District of…

I think this aligns exactly with Congress' intent for enacting the law, quote, to protect Federal employees from political coercion in the workplace and to ensure that Federal employees are advanced based on merit and not based on…

I must be honest, today's proceedings have disheartened me.

RFRA protects peoples' religious freedom.

Committee Republicans will continue to stand up for religious freedom and oppose policies that disrespect and diminish the faith of any American.

That is not what RFRA is about. RFRA is not about denying anything to anybody except the freedom of religion.

The right of Americans to practice freely their religion and conduct their business without unnecessary interference from the government is as important in 2019 as it was in 1620, in 1776, and 1789.

We have a responsibility as lawmakers to defend and protect the United States Constitution and the American people above all else.

Those who cherish religious freedom have noted that elections have consequences and those consequences are being manifested in today's hearing.

The First Amendment of the United States Constitution declares that Congress may make no law 'respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.'

The Do No Harm Act undermines a law that has served to protect Americans from religious discrimination for 25 years.

RFRA is not about denying healthcare to women.