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Higher Education

Foxx Statement: Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute for H.R. 1911
May 16, 2013 - Thank you, Chairman Kline, and thank you for your leadership on behalf of students and taxpayers to identify a sustainable solution to the student loan interest rate cliff. As many of us know, on July 1, today’s 3.4 percent subsidized Stafford Loan interest rate is set to double to 6.8 percent for m... More

Foxx Statement: Hearing on “Keeping College Within Reach: Enhancing Transparency for Students, Families and Taxpayers”
Apr 24, 2013 - Good morning, and welcome to today’s subcommittee hearing. I’d like to thank our panel of witnesses for joining this important discussion on higher education transparency. Receiving a college acceptance letter can be one of the most joyous moments in a student’s academic career. But for many familie... More

Foxx Statement: Hearing on "Keeping College Within Reach: The Role of Federal Student Aid Programs"
Apr 16, 2013 - In the coming months, we will work together to reauthorize the Higher Education Act. Established in 1965, this law is intended to help low- and middle-income students earn a degree. The 2008 reauthorization of the law included several provisions to help enhance transparency, requiring colleges and u... More

Walberg Statement: Field Hearing on “Reviving our Economy: The Role of Higher Education in Job Growth and Development”
Apr 9, 2013 - Chairwoman Foxx, I appreciate your time this morning to travel from North Carolina to be here with us. I would like to thank all of the staff here at Monroe County Community College for the time it took them to prepare for this hearing and allowing us to use their facilities. To our witnesses, I wou... More

Foxx Statement: Field Hearing on "Reviving our Economy: The Role of Higher Education in Job Growth and Development"
Apr 9, 2013 - Good morning, and welcome to the first field hearing of the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training in the 113th Congress. It is good to be here in Michigan’s 7th District with my esteemed colleague Representative Walberg. Thank you all for joining us. I’d like to extend a special th... More

Kline Statement: Hearing on "Keeping College within Reach: Examining Opportunities to Strengthen Federal Student Loan Programs"
Mar 13, 2013 - Last summer, debate about student loans reached a fever pitch thanks to a scheduled increase in the interest rate for subsidized Stafford Loans made to undergraduate students. The president began touring college campuses, calling on Congress to prevent the increase that his own party set in motion b... More

Foxx Statement: Hearing on "Assessing College Data: Helping to Provide Valuable Information to Students, Institutions, and Taxpayers”
Sep 20, 2012 - The 2008 reauthorization of the Higher Education Act included several provisions aimed at improving transparency in higher education. For the first time, institutions were required to make information about higher education pricing and financial aid more readily available to students and families. A... More

Foxx Statement: Hearing on "Expanding the Power of Big Labor: The NLRB's Growing Intrusion into Higher Education"
Sep 12, 2012 - This hearing comes at an appropriate time as the debate over rising college costs rightly continues to garner national attention. President Obama has traveled the country in recent months promising students and families that his administration is working to lower college costs. This past weekend, th... More

Roe Statement: Hearing on “Expanding the Power of Big Labor: The NLRB’s Growing Intrusion into Higher Education”
Sep 12, 2012 - We continue to learn a great deal through this committee’s oversight of the National Labor Relations Board. We have learned the NLRB is utterly determined to advance a culture of union favoritism, regardless of the costs imposed on workers and employers or the damage inflicted on its own credibility... More

Foxx Statement: Hearing on "Keeping College Within Reach: Exploring State Efforts to Curb Costs”
Jul 18, 2012 - In recent months, the issue of rising college costs has shifted to the forefront of our national discourse – and rightly so, as millions of young people struggle to manage school debt and find job opportunities in the lagging economy. Annual tuition and fees at public universities have increased 72 ... More

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