Employment opportunities abound, but the skills gap persists and grows.

The American dream was founded on the premise that individuals are free and capable of improving their lives.

We were told this morning by the leading Republican in the House that the first bill was introduced by a Republican from California back in the 1800s. So we are very proud of our leadership in this effort.

If we really want to lift the barriers that stifle Americans trying to enter and thrive in the workplace, we need to propose remedies that reduce the skills gap and prepare individuals to fill the plethora of available high-quality jobs in…

I thank the gentleman from California for yielding and for his tireless work exposing the deep flaws in this bill. Madam Speaker, I rise as the leader of the Republicans on the Education and Labor Committee, which should have had an…

May I inquire as to the amount of time left. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Sablan). The gentlewoman from North Carolina has 6\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Virginia has 10 minutes remaining.

As the national conversation revolves around infrastructure this week, I would like to highlight H.R. 300, the Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act, or UMITA, which I introduced with my Democratic colleague, Representative…

Well, I certainly can concur that we need to do that.

We need to be treating all sectors equally.

I do not understand why we want to burden people all over this country to pay for programs for prisons by giving them Pell Grants when the States themselves can take care of this.

We should have accountability for all sectors of education because the tax payers are paying one way or another for what passes as education in these institutions.

There is nobody who is a more, who is a greater advocate of community colleges than I am.