Kathleen Rice: “I, too, want to join my colleagues in thanking you for your service and wish you luck on your future endeavors.”

It's clear we need a federal baseline that re-levels the playing field--and we need one soon.

I also want to thank Congressman Gonzalez for your tireless bipartisan efforts to give student athletes the opportunity to receive compensation for their name, image, and likeness, or NIL.

We all agree that we have to put more money into this program across the board.

I am very proud of the workforce development efforts already underway at Stony Brook University and Farmingdale State College in my home State of New York.