On the recordOctober 17, 2019
recently our colleagues in the House passed this important legislation on a bipartisan basis. Now it is time for the Senate to do the same. Let's pass the FUTURE Act without further delay and then work together on a comprehensive reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. As Dr. Harry Williams, president of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, said, America's HBCUs ``simply do not have the time to wait for Congress to work out a deal.'' So let's put our broader policy differences aside for now and honor the commitments we made to HBCUs and other minority-serving institutions before Congress's inaction harms students in Virginia and around the country. With that, I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Wyoming. Budget ScoreKeeping Report
