Bobby Scott

I remind my colleague that a vote against this bill is a vote to deny about 37 percent of workers in her district of North Carolina a raise of about $3,800 a year. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Oregon (Ms…

One of the problems we have now is that the definition of victim has been changed around.

Woman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from North Carolina (Ms. Foxx).

Woman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 32, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $13,000,000)''. Page 57, line 10…

What other best practices can you speak to that you have implemented that helped you achieve these results and specifically to closing that gap?

Because of the rising cost of college and weakening power of Pell Grants, too many low-income students either cannot afford to enroll in postsecondary education or cannot afford to complete their programs.

State disinvestment in higher education has forced students and families to shoulder more of the cost of college.

Our higher education system must give every student the opportunity to be on the right side of this trend.

Congress has a responsibility to explore innovative strategies that provide more students the support they need to complete college and reach their full potential.

Students of color also suffer disproportionately lower graduation rates.

I hope you will consider programs that meaningfully close race and income-based gaps in attainment and build a more equitable society for all.

I think we need a better infrastructure in high school as well as in college for supporting and exposing our counselors to the kinds of information that they have available that will help our students.

I have an amendment at the desk made available by the rule. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division A (before the short title), insert the following: Sec…

There is a consensus, a growing consensus that we ought to allow Pell grants to help finance these short term programs but there is a lot of concern that we want to make sure they only go to quality programs.

Do I have the right to close? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman enjoys the right to close.

May I inquire as to how much time each side has remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Virginia has 45 seconds remaining. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has 1 minute remaining.

Registered Apprenticeships have stood the test of time there is no place where they make the better point than in my district with the Apprentice School at the Newport News Shipbuilding.

I am proud to cosponsor the Child Care for Working Families Act, introduced by my friend, Chairman Bobby Scott.

Congress has the power to remove these barriers, to level the playing field for working families.

Lack of affordable child care and paid leave are not 'some of us' problems. They are 'all of us' problems.

This is not just a problem for the workers and businesses, this is a problem for the Federal Government.

The worse thing we can do from the Federal Government point of view is nothing.

I am proud to be one of the leading supporters of this bill.

Congressional inaction would cost as much as $103 billion in lost Federal tax revenue.

If retirees see their pensions cut to essentially zero they will become reliant on social safety net programs.