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 make money with that degree when they…

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 communities.

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?

A lot of times you get competition from higher institutions of learning rather than collaboration and cooperation.

I want to applaud you and VCU for the graduation rates that you are discussing today.

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.

Programs like these simulate work that students may do during post graduate employment and Virginia serves as an example of innovation.

To save lives at the border, I ask unanimous consent to call up H.R. 3056, an emergency supplemental to provide critically needed funding for the humanitarian crisis at the border, and I ask for its immediate consideration. The SPEAKER pro…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding time, and I want to recognize the gentlewoman from Texas for her remarks because, as a fellow member of the Judiciary Committee, we all stand for the rule of law. I, too, carry a Constitution with me…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on the question of passage. This is a 5-minute…

I thank the gentlewoman from Texas for her remarks. She alluded to a number of reforms to our legal immigration process, and yes, I stand ready to work with the gentlewoman on those issues, but none of the legal reforms that are necessary…

I am in its current form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Cline moves to recommit the bill H.R. 6 to the Committee on the Judiciary with instructions to report the same…

This amendment will not kill the bill or send it back to committee. If adopted, the bill will immediately proceed to final passage, as amended. Mr. Speaker, the American people are sympathetic, forgiving, and reasonable people. They…

It is our job to set guidelines to ensure that integrity is carried throughout the program and that recipients across the States are treated fairly.

We are in a phase of meeting with all of our customers at this time because customer service is at the top of the list.

the typical bachelor's degree graduate leaves Virginia public universities with nearly $30,000 in student debt on average, correct?

So when I am confronted with parents who can't get into Virginia Techs engineering program because its acceptance rate is something like 10, 12 percent, it is amazingly low, I am able to provide them with an alternative.

if you take your first 2 years at a community college, get your associates degree, transfer to a 4-year institution in Virginia, 4 year public, finish your bachelor's degree in 2 years you save more than $50,000 on the price of that…

We have been sitting here in hearings asking how do we bring down the cost of a college education? And you are providing the solution.

We have the lowest unemployment rate in 49 years, but yet only 13 percent of the population believes that college graduates are well-prepared for success in the workplace.

Well, here we go again, another bait and switch by the Democrats. We have a great bill, the CREATES Act, that allows consumers to access cheaper generic drugs, driving down costs, saving Americans $3.9 billion over 10 years. What have they…

I thank Congressman Rutherford for yielding and putting together this event this evening. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the men and women in law enforcement who serve our communities, States, and Nation with honor and bravery. These…

Well, here we are again at the latest installment of the dramatic miniseries, the impeachment by any other name but impeachment.

If we make colleges free but we don't provide quality educations we are not doing anybody a favor.

Nothing is free when it's provided by the government.