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Fostering the best opportunities for students to learn, workers to succeed, and employers to grow. Chaired by .

Washington, D.C.
Joined September 2008

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  1. It’s ! We are celebrating the hard work and dedication of our teachers, at home and abroad, who are investing in the next generation.

  2. We’re grateful for the manufacturing workers who use their skills every day to make this country strong.

  3. BIG NEWS: The House just approved the Missing Children’s Assistance Act of 2018. This legislation will help ongoing efforts to support and serve victims and families of missing and exploited children.

  4. The Bill of Rights affirms certain unalienable rights, chief among them the freedom of speech.

  5. The First Amendment contains the most American values—freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition.

  6. See Chairwoman ’s opening statement at today’s hearing about the way the First Amendment is being observed across college campuses. WATCH NOW ⤵️⤵️⤵️

  7. We’re LIVE 📺 Don’t miss our hearing about the First Amendment on college campuses.

  8. TOMORROW → Don’t miss our hearing at 10:00am as we take a look at how, or how not, higher education institutions are protecting students’ First Amendment rights.

  9. Chairwoman and had the chance to catch up today ahead of a busy week!

  10. THIS WEEK → We’re examining First Amendment rights on college campuses across the country. Be sure to tune in at 10:00 am Wednesday.

  11. What we’re doing at the Committee: effective education → in demand jobs.

  12. is benefiting employees and employers alike.

  13. Today, we remember those we lost, and the sacrifice and courage of men and women who put themselves in harm’s way to help those around them. We will

  14. "By strengthening on-the-job technical education and apprenticeship programs, we can streamline the connection between education and the workforce...improving their own earning potential and the national workforce as a whole." —

  15. ICYMI: Check out a few 📷 from our subcommittee hearing yesterday that explored the success of apprenticeship programs.

  16. Students deserve a postsecondary education that meets their needs and prepares them to thrive after graduation, and this committee is dedicated to making that a reality.

  17. H.R. 1635, Empowering Students through Enhanced Financial Counseling Act, which will help improve financial aid counseling for students receiving a Pell Grant or a federal loan, PASSED the House. Read our statement on the bill here ↓

  18. Students should control their financial situation, not the other way around. That’s where H.R. 1635, Empowering Students through Enhanced Financial Counseling Act comes in.

  19. “The American workforce is presently facing a shortage of over six million skilled workers, and we need approaches at both the public and private levels to successfully bridge this skills gap.”Listen to the rest of ’s opening statement at today’s subcommittee hearing.

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