"The Federal Government has a duty to ensure that this right is not violated and that Federal overreach does not infringe on the State's ability to uphold this."
"Thank you, Mr. Chair, Ranking Member Sensenbrenner, and Chair Nadler for holding this hearing today and for the opportunity to appear before you to discuss the Small Business Reorganization Act."
"I am proud to join you, Mr. Chair, in introducing the Small Business Reorganization Act to provide an important avenue of relief to the people in our communities who employ countless individuals and w..."
"I would argue that many of the provisions in H.R. 1 actually did go in the way of federalizing and removing authority from State and local elections."
"A lot of times you get competition from higher institutions of learning rather than collaboration and cooperation."
"Programs like these simulate work that students may do during post graduate employment and Virginia serves as an example of innovation."
"Are you encouraging externships, programs outside in cooperation with career services that are giving students a real world example of how they can use that knowledge in the workforce and actually mak..."
"Is VCU being aggressive in their attempt to cut costs and not just to paper over the costs of providing that degree but all actually to reduce costs internally?"
"I am very proud in my own district of James Madison University, the great program they have called JMU X-Labs where students are given real and complex problems from the defense and intelligence commu..."
"I am glad, I want to thank our witnesses for appearing but I am glad we get the opportunity to show off a little bit of Virginia innovation."
"Encouraging that cooperation is helping Virginia to lead the way in innovation."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this hearing on innovation and higher education."