Bobby Scott

When they talk about returning it to the states and making America great again, they’re talking about returning to how it was before 1954.

The administration had been illegally creating these interagency agreements, which are extremely inefficient and wasteful, and also result in inconsistent enforcement of federal education policy.

We have to make voting a voting issue.

The sweeping changes to the federal student loan system originating from that law are compounding the issues that have risen from the dismantling of the Education Department.

Treasury has no expertise serving students or institutions of higher education or monitoring servicers for accuracy.

Instead, they’re forced to deal with uncertainty and chaos created by an administration that has systematically weakened the federal student aid system.

Student loan debt now exceeds $1.7 trillion. Borrowers need clear guidance and certainty.

Will actually contribute to the creation of miles of bureaucratic red tape, inconsistent education policy and enforcement across the federal government and a significant waste of the taxpayers’ money.

It’s difficult to articulate how impractical these proposals are, to say nothing of the pain and suffering they’ll inflict on students, educators and their communities, if they were to become law.

I’m disappointed the majority again ignores parents’ concerns, favoring divisive culture wars for political gain.

Codifying this new system without assessing its effectiveness just doesn’t make any sense.

Preventing federal student aid fraud and protecting taxpayer dollars is always a good idea, but the bill’s creation of vague enforcement standards and punitive mandates without clear guidance could make it more difficult for legitimate…

The creation of vague enforcement standards and punitive mandates without clear guidance could make it more difficult for legitimate students to access aid in order to attend college.

The bill bars any discussion of transgender people or topics in the classroom.

This bill bars any discussion of transgender people or topics in the classroom.

The assumption is that regulations that these Secretaries will get together and provide will be better than what is already there. We don't know what they are going to come up with. We do know, however, that if the State, if the local…

Other than to say that that assumes that the Federal regulations that they come up with will be better than what they have already come up with. This could be worse, could be better. The problem is, if you don't actually comply, you could…

This bill is far better today because of the bipartisan work that went into it. Together, we have improved safety standards, strengthened financial protections, and added important safeguards for fighters. These changes will help ensure…

This is an open invitation for employers, particularly those involving restaurants and hotels, to lower their employees' wages by combining traditionally tipped occupations with nontipped occupations. For example, they will be able to put…

Dear Members of Congress: The undersigned organizations dedicated to worker rights and building a just and inclusive economy write in opposition to H.R. 2988, Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act; H.R. 2270, Empowering…

Mr. Speaker, I was just looking over the internet and found a Reddit discussion board and found one entry that said: ``I am bothered by unpaid 2-day training, which is going to be 9 hours each day.'' This kind of crosses the line, and they…

Republicans took away people’s health care, took away their nutrition benefits to cut taxes for the wealthy and ran up $3 trillion in debt. And so they’re getting people to talk about Epstein so that people won’t find it out. … Any…

We strongly urge you to abandon any plans of dissolving the work of the Community Relations Service.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas will be postponed. amendment no. 5 offered by ms. tlaib The Acting CHAIR. It is now in…