Virginia Foxx

So she not only had the skills, but she could show that she had the skills.

We call them silos, where money is appropriated but people aren't able to take advantage of it even though they need it because they don't fit the exact criteria.

If you had to pass along advice to other institutions of higher education within the state about how they should work with other employers, what would you advise them to do?

We find that public/private partnerships achieve the greatest results in all aspects of our business, including workforce training.

We hope this field hearing has been beneficial and that your future travels provide you with additional useful information.

One thing that is important, and one of my colleagues that is here today, Raymond Kelly, the director of our training division, we have to pull together on colleges and pull together industry and have joint conversations with industry and…

The SKILLS Act would consolidate and streamline our workforce development processes to make them more efficient.

We must also work to eliminate federal mandates and red tape that raise costs for schools and prevent innovation.

The legislation, known as the SKILLS Act, will eliminate waste and better align available education and workforce development programs.

Our nation's economy is only as strong as its workforce.

Despite recent employment gains, these are still tough times for far too many Americans.

I am particularly glad to be on a community college campus and, I think, to see a group of students with us this morning.

A failed process is when you're in control of the House, the Senate, and the Presidency and you do nothing to fix the situation. We offered our colleagues on the other side of the aisle for the opportunity to offer amendments; they walked…

I appreciate my colleague reading the letter that he read. But as he well knows, that letter was written before the manager's amendment came out, and the manager's amendment actually corrects what the letter was talking about. We are…

It appears now that we do not have any additional speakers, and if the gentleman from Colorado is prepared to close, I will also be prepared.

I'd like to now yield 3 minutes to another distinguished colleague from Indiana (Mr. Messer).

I am used to hyperbole on this floor. I'm used to hyperbole from my colleague from Massachusetts, but I really think this one was a little over the top. This bill does not kill the employment program with SNAP, and only 6.8 percent of the…

I appreciate the comments of my colleague from Colorado, as he's on the Education Committee. And I certainly wish that he and his colleagues had stayed in the Education Committee markup on this bill and offered the many ideas he said that…

For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Polis), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During the consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for the…

I would say the twin principles are both access and completion; focusing on one without the other doesn't serve us well.

I think teacher tenure is great only if the teachers that are retained are really effective teachers.

If you need further clarification to my comments or have more questions, please do not hesitate to ask.

I am also very appreciative that you and members of your committee are allowing for more input regarding the needs of community colleges

Thank you for the opportunity to testify before the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training in February

Thank you for testifying before the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.