Marcia Fudge

Unless Congress updates FERPA and clarifies what information can be collected, how that information can be used, and if that information can be shared, student privacy will not be properly protected.

I want to take a moment to congratulate you on being selected by your colleagues to serve as ranking member of this subcommittee.

On the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, is grotesque.

These bills would decimate the EEOC's ability to safeguard American workers from discrimination.

I would argue, we are wasting time here with a set of misguided bills that impede the operations of the EEOC.

This is clearly a step backward in our civil rights laws.

These bills are aimed squarely at stifling the work of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

As far as I am concerned we have made a decision, the farm bill is done. Let's look forward to some things that we really can change.

There are many people in this country who work hard every day to make a living and feed their families who just need an extra help, just need a hand up, not a handout.

But what I do know is that there are many hungry children in this country who but for SNAP would not survive from day to day.

If there is so much fraud and you see it, why would it not be reported?

Either you don't know or you have not reported, and in either case, you should.

Members of both sides of the aisle and across Chambers were able to reach a consensus and show the country Congress can indeed work together.

It is certainly timely to have our first hearing of this Subcommittee on SNAP.

I am glad to have this opportunity for us to learn more about this program.

Thank you so much, Mr. Chairman. Let me just say I just received notice that they have called votes.

What do we do to make sure that every single local police department has the proper training? Because I am telling you, that is a major part of the problem.

There are just some things that are inherently American. They are truth and freedom and justice, doing what is best for our Nation. I know that we have disagreements, we have differences, but today, we stand together as one House, and I…

I have been blessed and privileged to work with many great people in this House. You have just heard from one, the assistant leader who is our historian and has been an activist in many, many ways throughout his life. I now want to yield…

It is now my pleasure to yield as much time as he may consume to the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Clyburn), the assistant Democratic leader of the House. (Mr. CLYBURN asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

I urge Chairman Walberg and Chairman Kline to work with Representatives Polis and Ros-Lehtinen, the bill's bipartisan sponsors, to bring this long overdue legislation back before the Committee for immediate consideration.

I mean, the NCAA also doesn't want these young people to be able to make a living, the little bit that they can, as well.

Just because they said it doesn't make it so. These are the same people that want to restrict voting rights.

If every high school student was graduating either with college credits in their back pocket or industry certification, then I would feel much better about where they are going to be able to--what they are going to be able to do long-term.

I am working with some of my colleagues across the aisle on a bipartisan bill which would expand eligibility for the Pell Grant program to early college and dually enrolled high school students.