Political Quotes

“This issue has already been settled in Federal court. In January, the 11th Circuit Court found GCU innocent of the charges ED is using to impose this record-setting fine. {time} 1930 What right do bureaucrats have to overrule our judicial system? This is a multimillion-dollar fine we are talking about. It is the largest penalty ever handed down by the Education Department. I want to repeat that. This issue has already been settled in Federal Court. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time. Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, I continue to be opposed to this amendment. Nevertheless, we keep hearing that Grand Canyon University has 86,000 students online. Once again, let me repeat that they are a nonprofit, but they deal with for-profit companies. What they do is they are ripping off students. They are ripping them off. That is something that we need to really take a very hard look at because they are predators with young people. They make a ton of money, and they don't provide the services, education, or opportunities for employment after that. We have people here who are all over these so-called nonprofits that are really in league with profitmaking companies that are raking in tons of dollars at the expense of our students. Mr. Chair, I oppose the amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.”