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                                HEARING

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                    COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR
                     U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                    ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS

                             FIRST SESSION

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             HEARING HELD IN WASHINGTON, DC, APRIL 22, 2021

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                            Serial No. 117-8

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                    COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR

             ROBERT C. ``BOBBY'' SCOTT, Virginia, Chairman

RAUL M. GRIJALVA, Arizona            VIRGINIA FOXX, North Carolina,
JOE COURTNEY, Connecticut              Ranking Member
GREGORIO KILILI CAMACHO SABLAN,      JOE WILSON, South Carolina
  Northern Mariana Islands           GLENN THOMPSON, Pennsylvania
FREDERICA S. WILSON, Florida         TIM WALBERG, Michigan
SUZANNE BONAMICI, Oregon             GLENN GROTHMAN, Wisconsin
MARK TAKANO, California              ELISE M. STEFANIK, New York
ALMA S. ADAMS, North Carolina        RICK W. ALLEN, Georgia
MARK De SAULNIER, California         JIM BANKS, Indiana
DONALD NORCROSS, New Jersey          JAMES COMER, Kentucky
PRAMILA JAYAPAL, Washington          RUSS FULCHER, Idaho
JOSEPH D. MORELLE, New York          FRED KELLER, Pennsylvania
SUSAN WILD, Pennsylvania             GREGORY F. MURPHY, North Carolina
LUCY Mc BATH, Georgia                MARIANNETTE MILLER-MEEKS, Iowa
JAHANA HAYES, Connecticut            BURGESS OWENS, Utah
ANDY LEVIN, Michigan                 BOB GOOD, Virginia
ILHAN OMAR, Minnesota                LISA C. Mc CLAIN, Michigan
HALEY M. STEVENS, Michigan           DIANA HARSHBARGER, Tennessee
TERESA LEGER FERNANDEZ, New Mexico   MARY E. MILLER, Illinois
MONDAIRE JONES, New York             VICTORIA SPARTZ, Indiana
KATHY E. MANNING, North Carolina     SCOTT FITZGERALD, Wisconsin
FRANK J. MRVAN, Indiana              MADISON CAWTHORN, North Carolina
JAMAAL BOWMAN, New York, Vice-Chair  MICHELLE STEEL, California
MARK POCAN, Wisconsin                JULIA LETLOW, Louisiana
JOAQUIN CASTRO, Texas                Vacancy
MIKIE SHERRILL, New Jersey
JOHN A. YARMUTH, Kentucky
ADRIANO ESPAILLAT, New York
KWEISI MFUME, Maryland

                   Veronique Pluviose, Staff Director
                  Cyrus Artz, Minority Staff Director
                                
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Hearing held on April 22, 2021...................................     1

Statement of Members:
    Scott, Hon. Robert C. ``Bobby'', Chairman, Committee on 
      Education and Labor........................................     1
        Prepared statement of....................................     2
    Foxx, Hon. Virginia, Ranking Member, Committee on Education 
      and Labor..................................................     2
        Prepared statement of....................................     3

Statement of Witnesses:
    Langevin, Hon. James R., a Representative in Congress from 
      the State of Rhode Island..................................     6
        Prepared statement of....................................     8
    Scanlon, Hon. Mary Gay, a Representative in Congress from the 
      State of Pennsylvania......................................     3
        Prepared statement of....................................     5

Additional Submissions:
    Cartwright, Hon. Matt, a Representative in Congress from the 
      State of Pennsylvania:
        Prepared statement of....................................    14
    Cohen, Hon. Steve, a Representative in Congress from the 
      State of
      Tennessee:
        Prepared statement of....................................    16
    Craig, Hon. Angie, a Representative in Congress from the 
      State of
      Minnesota:
        Prepared statement of....................................    18
    Hill, Hon. French, a Representative in Congress from the 
      State of
      Arkansas:
        Prepared statement of....................................    21
    Lawrence, Hon. Brenda, a Representative in Congress from the 
      State of Michigan:
        Prepared statement of....................................    22

 
                          MEMBERS' DAY HEARING

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                        THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2021

                  House of Representatives,
                          Committee on Education and Labor,
                                                    Washington, DC.

    The Committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:16 a.m., via 
Zoom, Hon. Robert C. ``Bobby'' Scott (Chairman of the 
Committee) presiding.
    Present: Representatives Scott, Grijalva, Wilson, Adams, 
DeSaulnier, Mrvan, Bowman, Pocan, Foxx, Walberg, Fulcher, 
Miller-Meeks, and Steel.
    Staff present: Jessica Bowen, Professional Staff; Ilana 
Brunner, General Counsel; Christian Haines, General Counsel; 
Sheila Havenner, Director of Information Technology; Eli 
Hovland, Policy Associate; Ariel Jona, Policy Associate; Andre 
Lindsay, Policy Associate; Richard Miller, Director of Labor 
Policy, Max Moore, Staff Assistant; Mariah Mowbray, Clerk/
Special Assistant to the Staff Director; Veronique Pluviose, 
Staff Director; Banyon Vassar, Deputy Director of Information 
Technology; Claire Viall, Professional Staff; Cyrus Artz, 
Minority Staff Director; Hannah Matesic, Minority Director of 
Operations and Carlton Norwood, Minority Press Secretary.
    Chairman Scott. Good morning. The Committee on Education 
and Labor will now come to order. And welcome everyone. The 
Committee is meeting today for a Member's Day Hearing. This 
hearing is an opportunity for non-Committee Members to inform 
the Committee of their interests and priorities as it relates 
to the Committee's jurisdiction.
    Members who wish to testify will sit on the panel remotely, 
and each Member will be given five minutes to present their 
testimony orally. After the Member presentations, Committee 
Members may ask questions if they wish.
    This is an entirely remote hearing and Committee Members 
are familiar with the practices and procedures of remote 
hearings, and our Members and witnesses are also familiar with 
the five-minute rule. Should the chair experience technical 
difficulties or need to step away to the floor to vote, Dr. 
Adams or another majority Member is hereby authorized to assume 
the gavel in the Chair's absence.
    While the roll call is not necessary to establish a quorum 
of official proceedings conducted remotely, or with remote 
participation the Committee has often made it a practice 
whenever there is an official proceeding with remote 
participation for the Clerk to call the roll, that will make 
clear who is present at the start of the proceeding.
    However, in light of votes which may be called fairly soon 
we will forego that roll call. Pursuant to Committee Rule 8(c), 
opening statements are limited to the Chair and Ranking Member. 
So, I will recognize myself now for the purpose of making an 
opening statement.
    Today the Committee is gathered to hear from Members of 
Congress about their priorities for improving our educational 
system, supporting workers, making healthcare more affordable 
and strengthening our economy. Committee's jurisdiction covers 
a wide range of policy areas that impact Americans across the 
country throughout their lives from birth to retirement.
    Accordingly, we have a responsibility to receive input and 
ideas from Members of Congress representing all parts of our 
diverse nation. Today's hearing is an opportunity to be able to 
engage in an open dialog about the work we must still do to 
support our communities.
    And so, we will discuss how we can work together in a 
bipartisan manner to help our constituents recover from the 
COVID-19 pandemic and improve the quality of life for students, 
educators, workers, and families.
    I want to thank the Members for joining us today and 
welcome your input and look forward to working together to 
ensure that America is a country where everyone can succeed. I 
now recognize the distinguished Ranking Member for the purpose 
of making an opening statement, Dr. Foxx.
    [The statement of Chairman Scott follows:]

        Statement of Hon. Robert C. ``Bobby'' Scott, Chairman, 
                    Committee on Education and Labor

    Today, the Committee is gathered to hear from Members of Congress 
about their priorities for improving our education system, supporting 
workers, making health care more affordable, and strengthening our 
economy.
    The Committee's jurisdiction covers a wide range of policy areas 
that impact Americans across the country throughout their lives-from 
birth to retirement.
    Accordingly, we have a responsibility to receive input and ideas 
from Members of Congress representing all parts of this diverse nation.
    Today's hearing is an opportunity to engage in open dialog about 
the work we still must do to support our communities. We will discuss 
how we can work together in a bipartisan manner to help our 
constituents recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and improve the quality 
of life for students, educators, workers, and families.
    I want to thank all the Members, again, for being with us. We 
welcome your input and look forward to working together to ensure that 
America is a country where everyone can succeed.
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    Ms. Foxx. Thank you, sir. I apologize. There's a lot going 
on this morning. I'm not going to take up too much time. I 
acknowledge the work our Committee does to provide educational 
opportunities for all Americans, ensure a well-equipped high-
quality workforce and allow business owners to thrive in a free 
enterprise economy.
    From pre-K to retirement, this Committee touches every 
American life and impacts the way we learn, work, and succeed. 
In fact, in the 4-months since the 117th Congress began, more 
than 40 percent of the rule bills have come out of this 
Committee.
    Our jurisdiction spans from protecting religious liberty 
and freedom of speech on college campuses to ensuring balance 
and labor management relations in combating overzealous 
enforcement by Federal bureaucrats.
    And while we continue to work on these policies, today is 
an opportunity to broaden further those horizons and hear from 
new voices. Mr. Chairman I could brag all morning about this 
Committee, but I'll end by welcoming our guests to the best 
Committee in Congress. Thank you I yield back.
    [The statement of Ranking Member Foxx follows:]

           Statement of Hon. Virginia Foxx, Ranking Member, 
                    Committee on Education and Labor

    Good morning, I welcome our guests for this year's members day 
hearing.
    I will not take up too much of our time, but I will acknowledge the 
work our Committee does to provide educational opportunities for all 
Americans, ensure a well-equipped, high-quality workforce and allow 
business owners to thrive in a free-enterprise economy.
    From pre-K to retirement, this Committee touches every American 
life and impacts the way we learn, work, and succeed. In fact, in the 
4-months since the 117th Congress began, more than 40 percent of the 
rule bills have come out of this Committee.
    Our jurisdiction spans from protecting religious liberty and 
freedom of speech on college campuses to ensuring balance in labor-
management relations and combating overzealous enforcement by Federal 
bureaucrats. And while we continue to work on these policies, today is 
an opportunity to broaden further those horizons and hear from new 
voices.
    Mr. Chairman, I could brag all morning about this Committee, but I 
will end by welcoming our guests to the best Committee in Congress.
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    Chairman Scott. Thank you. And we appreciate the Members 
for their testimony today. Before the witnesses begin, we will 
remind you to unmute and be cognizant of how much time you have 
remaining. We'll let all of the witnesses make their 
presentations before we move on to Member questions.
    The first witness we have with us today is the gentlelady 
from Pennsylvania's 5th congressional District, Representative 
Scanlon.

           STATEMENT OF THE HON. MARY GAY SCANLON, A 
   REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA

    Ms. Scanlon. Thank you, Chairman Scott, Ranking Member 
Foxx, and the entire Committee. Thank you for holding this 
hearing and providing us with the opportunity to share my 
constituents' priorities with the Committee.
    As a former school board Member representative of a 
district that includes over 20 institutions of higher ed, 
ranging from private to community colleges, to technical 
schools, we know that from preschool through post-secondary, 
investing in education is a crucial piece of our Nation's 
recovery from the pandemic, as well as a necessary foundation 
for our children's future.
    I represent Pennsylvania's 5th congressional District which 
includes parts of Philadelphia and its suburbs. Our K-12 
schools range from some of Pennsylvania's and the Nation's 
highest performing schools, to some of its most under 
resources.
    The Philadelphia School District is the largest school 
district in the Commonwealth, and one of the largest in the 
country. Even before the pandemic, K-12 public schools across 
region were in desperate need of repairs. I have toured schools 
with children in my district and have seen crumbling paint, 
crumbling infrastructure--you know rooms that were unusable 
because they had exposed heating elements. Local reporting has 
uncovered way too many troubling instances of damaged asbestos, 
lead pipes, and asthma triggers like mold and mildew inside our 
schools, and our region has one of the highest asthma rates for 
children in the country.
    So, these unhealthy toxic schools pose safety risks that 
make children, educators, and staff sick. So especially now, as 
we have schools working to bring students back to the 
classroom, the need for investment in our public-school 
facilities is even more apparent.
    So, I really am very grateful to Chairman Scott for his 
leadership on school infrastructure. Congress made significant 
progress last year passing H.R. 2, The Moving Forward Act, 
which included legislation from the Ed and Labor Committee to 
rebuild America's schools, and we really, really need that 
support.
    I strongly support the President's commitment to investing 
in the modernization and repair of public-school facilities as 
part of the American Jobs Plan. Our children, our teachers, our 
school staff deserve to learn and work in safe buildings. The 
pandemic has been hard on students, on students with 
disabilities, and disrupted and delayed learning has an 
especially outsized impact.
    As we help students make up for lost time in the classroom, 
we need to invest specifically in K-12 special education, and 
early intervention services included under the IDEA. Time and 
again, school leaders have told us they need additional IDEA 
funding. We need to meet the promise of the IDEA from almost 
over 40 years ago to fully fund that mandate.
    All students are entitled to a free and appropriate public 
education, and we need to help school districts ensure that 
students with disabilities receive the high-quality education 
they deserve.
    I also ask that your Committee continue to lead on 
solutions to make college more accessible and affordable for 
all. Pennsylvania has one of the highest student debt loads in 
the country, including the highest amount of average debt, and 
one of the higher percentages of people who have debt. I often 
hear from my constituents burdened with student loan debt.
    All too often I meet with parents whose children's college 
education choices have been limited by the fact that their 
parents are still paying off their own debt. We need to support 
and invest in improving the opportunities for all students, 
improving the quality of higher ed, and lowering the cost of 
college.
    We also need to support and invest in alternative pathways 
to four-year degrees such as apprenticeships which make up the 
backbone of Vo-ed programs in a region like mine. As we work to 
rebuild our economy, it's essential to connect workers with 
opportunities that give them access to the critical skills and 
high-paying jobs of the future, not the past.
    And they need those jobs to support themselves and their 
families. So, thank you again to the Committee for its work on 
these important issues, and for allowing me the opportunity to 
share these priorities with you. I am looking so forward to 
working with you in this new Congress, and with that I yield 
back.
    [The prepared statement of Rep. Scanlon follows:]

              Prepared Statement of Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon
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    Chairman Scott. Thank you very much. The next witness is 
the gentleman from Rhode Island's 2d congressional District, 
Mr. Langevin.

          STATEMENT OF THE HON. JAMES R. LANGEVIN, A 
   REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

    Mr. Langevin. Good morning, Mr. Chairman and thank you. Can 
you hear me OK? Very good. Good morning, Mr. Chairman and 
Ranking Member Foxx, Members of the Committee. I want to thank 
you for accepting my testimony on my Education and Labor 
priorities this morning.
    I want to extend my sincerest thanks to you Chairman Scott, 
for your leadership and the Members of the Committee in 
providing the equitable education for all students promoting 
fair labor practices and ensuring that we prepare our workforce 
for the challenges that lie ahead.
    So, Mr. Chairman, my first priority as Co-Chair of the 
Career and Technical Education Caucus is that we continue to 
fund and strengthen CTE and similar workforce development 
programs. CTE programs have been proven to launch students in 
rewarding careers and fill workforce gaps.
    Classes in cybersecurity, coding, graphic design, and 
robotics just by way of example make CTE the workforce pipeline 
of the future. My second priority is to provide resources for 
English learners and promote bilingual education. The English 
learner population is rapidly growing in Rhode Island, my home 
State, as well as it is across the country.
    These students require particular assistance to stay on 
grade level and our country should celebrate students who can 
speak multiple languages. Moreover, there is an English learner 
teacher shortage, so to that end I will be reintroducing the 
Reaching English Learner's Act to address that gap.
    So, this bill will fund partnerships between institutions 
of higher education and high-need school districts to develop 
teacher prep programs that are tailored to train teachers 
providing bilingual education, offering social and emotional 
support, and engaging our families and communities. And the 
bill also includes a loan forgiveness program.
    Finally, I urge this Committee to take up Dominic and Ed's 
Law which I introduced yesterday. Mr. Chairman young people who 
become permanently disabled have their student loans forgiven, 
but this isn't the case for the loans taken out for student 
loans by their families, and I believe that they should be 
forgiven as well.
    It's time for Congress to address this glaring loophole to 
make sure that the parents aren't struggling to pay off student 
debt as they help their kids again with a now significant 
disability after the fact, and a significant life change.
    So, with that Mr. Chairman, I just want to thank you and 
the Committee again for the opportunity to testify before you 
today and yield back the balance of my time.
    [The prepared statement of Rep. Langevin follows:]

              Prepared Statement of Rep. James R. Langevin
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    Chairman Scott. Thank you. We'll have all of the witnesses, 
is Ms. Scanlon still with us? I don't see her camera on.
    Ms. Scanlon. Yes.
    Chairman Scott. OK good thank you.
    Ms. Scanlon. Sure.
    Chairman Scott. We'll now have questions from Committee 
Members, and I'll recognize myself first, and thank both of the 
witnesses for being with us today. You both mentioned issues 
that we're working on. You both supported the apprenticeship 
legislation and the Rescue Bill which will go a long way in 
addressing some of the issues that have been brought up, but 
the alternative education and the funding where it's most 
needed, the K-12 money was distributed based on the Title I 
formula, which means it will go to areas where it is most 
needed.
    And so, I appreciate the testimony from both of you. And 
will yield back the balance of my time and recognize the 
Ranking Member, Dr. Foxx.
    Ms. Foxx. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have read the 
testimony that's been submitted by all of the witnesses, and I 
have no questions. Thank you very much.
    Chairman Scott. Thank you. The gentleman from Arizona, Mr. 
Grijalva.
    Mr. Grijalva. Thank you Mr. Chairman and I have no 
questions and other than to thank our colleagues for their 
presentation. Thank you.
    Chairman Scott. The gentle Gentlelady from Florida, Ms. 
Wilson?
    Ms. Wilson. Thank you, Mr. Chair and thank you to the 
Members who have taken time to come before our Committee today. 
The Rescue Bill that we just passed is going to provide so much 
support for your public education in your particular cities.
    However, I'm not sure about capital improvement as far as 
buildings and schools, but I heard you say that you were a 
Member of the school board Representative
    [Scanlon]. And I think in this particular where we are now 
and the climate of schools and the major--I guess you would say 
the major role that schools played throughout the pandemic, and 
that teachers play keeping children afloat, and parents 
realized that the teacher's job was so hard because there they 
were with children at home, and they had no idea what to do 
with them.
    I think it is time for your district to float a bond issue. 
And get the people to sign on to that bond issue so that you 
can go in and repair those broken schools. I was on the school 
board we did a bond issue. I was a school principal we did a 
bond issue, and now we're in the midst of another one.
    So, we have no crumbling schools. So, a lot of times people 
don't realize the importance or the impact that schools 
actually make on a community. In fact, they are the heart of 
your community, so this would be a great time to float that. 
And I also wanted to let you know that I'm filing a bill to 
forgive loans for students who major in certain disciplines 
when they are in college.
    I call them service jobs. And I think that in our offices 
our interns, not our interns, but our workers, our actual staff 
Members, get help with their student loans. I think teacher's 
loans should be forgiven, firefighters, police officers, 
nurses, people who go into the public defender's office, the 
State attorney's office, their loans should be forgiven.
    So, I have a bill and I'm asking all of you to sign on for 
that. I also think that we need to incentivize some kind of way 
school districts to hire black men, especially in elementary 
schools. You say you have a teacher shortage, and I'm sure you 
have a huge segment of African American little boys who need 
role models in their school district who would change the whole 
climate of your school if you--that's the hardest thing to 
find.
    But we've got to incentivize them with good pay, student 
loan forgiveness, all kinds of ways. So, we have a bill that 
I'm going to be working with Mr. Bowman on to do that, to make 
that available.
    And I also think that children find themselves in a 
position with lots of student loans because no one really 
guided them in the 12th grade. So, we have a lot of student 
loan counselors in college, but it's too late. They need to 
know where they're going, what not to get into. It's almost 
like credit card debt.
    You send them a new credit card these private colleges send 
them an application. It looks good, so they signed up for it, 
so I think there needs to be a lot of prevention before we 
actually get into this student loan debt. I think right now we 
can look at for a lot of relief.
    I don't know if everybody realizes, but it's a lot of money 
for public schools K-12, the money was in all of the relief 
bills that we passed, and you have to remember that these 
schools were closed. So, they saved money on gasoline for the 
school buses, electricity, so they have a pretty hefty budget, 
so I would work with my local school districts to make sure 
that they were spending the money wisely.
    And so, when they actually get the rescue money from the 
last bill that our Chairman worked so hard to get passed, that 
they will put that in a situation where it would best benefit 
all of our Title I students, because that's the formula that we 
use to get the money, and I yield back Mr. Chair.
    Chairman Scott. Thank you. And I think the gentlelady from 
Pennsylvania mentioned using some of that money to catch up for 
lost learning, and that's one of the obvious purposes of the 
legislation. I will remind Members that if your camera is not 
on, you're not considered as present.
    So, I'll represent and recognize the Gentlelady from Iowa, 
Ms. Miller-Meeks.
    Ms. Miller-Meeks. Thank you, Chair Scott, and Ranking 
Member Foxx. At this point in time, I don't have a question, so 
I will if I may reserve my time.
    Chairman Scott. No problem. Dr. Adams?
    Ms. Adams. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I don't have any 
questions. I just wanted to first of all thank my colleagues 
for coming. I was especially interested in the school board 
Member, and I started my career there too, and certainly the 
comments that she has made regarding our children is something 
that we really need to think about, and we have been thinking 
about it.
    But my you know education goes pretty far back for me. I 
started on the school board. My daughter is now a principal in 
Gilford County, and you know I'm hoping that we--we've got a 
pretty exciting Committee, so I just want folks to know that 
I'm also working with my colleagues in the Senate on a bill to 
strengthen teacher preparation programs.
    When I was a professor at Bennett College, I worked with 
the teacher ed program, and so we do have a need to build a 
strong, diverse teaching workforce. Yes, we need more black men 
in there too, so the comments that Congresswoman Wilson made I 
think are certainly very appropriate.
    So, I wanted to thank you all for coming to the hearing. I 
thank you for giving us this opportunity today. I yield back.
    Chairman Scott. Thank you. And I'll again remind Members 
that if your camera is not on, you're not considered as present 
for the purposes of recognition. Next the gentleman from 
Indiana, Mr. Mrvan.
    Mr. Mrvan. Thank you, Chairman, and respectfully, I would 
just like to thank all the Members who joined us today for 
sharing their opinion and advocating for the educational system 
and your districts, and I yield back any of my time. Thank you, 
Chairman.
    Chairman Scott. Thank you. I appreciate the gentleman. And 
the gentleman from New York, Mr. Bowman. Excuse me, wait a 
minute, the gentlelady from California Ms. Steel, do you have 
questions?
    Ms. Steel. Mr. Chairman, no I don't.
    Chairman Scott. OK.
    Ms. Steel. I'm just listening here. Thank you.
    Chairman Scott. Sounds good. The gentleman from New York, 
Mr. Bowman.
    Mr. Bowman. Thank you, Mr. Chairman and thank you to the 
witnesses for being here and thank you for bringing up the 
important issues of school infrastructure, and a special thanks 
to Jim for bringing up our English language learners and CTE 
programs.
    I've been fighting in New York to you know expand access to 
CTE programs for a number of years. You know way back in the 
day they used to be pretty abundant in New York, and then we 
shifted to sort of this ``college-or-else'' perspective in our 
K-12 schools. And of course, you know college is important and 
that's a pathway for many kids, but the CTE pathway is such an 
important one, and such a powerful one.
    And what I keep telling people is, and Representative 
Wilson is going to understand this, kids love to learn with 
their hands, and they love to work with their hands, and they 
love to learn by doing things, and not just operating in the 
theoretical space.
    So, you know I appreciate you both for being here and 
uplifting those issues. And I just want to briefly associate 
myself with every single thing Representative Wilson mentioned. 
I started my career teaching in 1999 as an elementary school 
teacher. And as soon as I entered the classroom, I realized I 
was more than a teacher.
    I was a role model and father figure to these children of 
color who unfortunately didn't have a father figure in the 
home. And I was one of those kids. I grew up with a single mom, 
and I didn't have a father figure, so I knew the responsibility 
there. And had the privilege of serving over 20 years in K to 
12 schools serving as a teacher, a mentor, a father figure, to 
both young boys and young girls, Ms. Wilson.
    They needed the connections and support as well. So, no 
questions. I just want to offer my experience and expertise in 
whatever legislation you both are working on. It's really 
exciting and thank you so much for being here. And hopefully 
next time we have one of these we'll have 20 Members of 
Congress presenting to the best Committee in the House. So, 
thank you both so much.
    Chairman Scott. Thank you. Does any other Committee Member 
seek recognition? I notice that the gentleman from Idaho, Mr. 
Fulcher, and the gentleman from California, Mr. DeSaulnier are 
both on the screen. Are either seeking recognition? The 
gentleman from Idaho?
    Mr. Fulcher. Mr. Chairman thank you. Thank you for holding 
this hearing. Just no questions today, just appreciate the 
testimony, the opportunity to listen and learn. Thank you, Mr. 
Chairman.
    Chairman Scott. Well, thank you. I wanted to make sure that 
since we did not have a roll call that your presence was 
recognized. Mr. DeSaulnier did you have a comment? Thank you. 
Does any other Committee Member wish to seek recognition?
    If not, I want to remind our colleagues that pursuant to 
Committee practice materials for submission to the hearing 
record must be submitted to the Committee Clerk within 14 days 
following the last day of the hearing, preferably in Microsoft 
Word format pursuant to House rules and regulations.
    Items for the record should be submitted to the Clerk 
electronically by emailing submissions to 
[email protected] and again I want to thank 
our witnesses for their participation today. The input of our 
colleagues is paramount to what we can accomplish in Congress.
    I ask the Ranking Member if she has any closing comments? 
Dr. Foxx do you have any closing comments, Dr. Foxx?
    Ms. Foxx. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. No, I just thank all of 
our colleagues for being with us today. And I hope everybody 
has a great break.
    Chairman Scott. Good. Well, thank you and I want to again 
join the Ranking Member in thanking our colleagues for joining 
us today and sharing their ideas with the Committee. And if 
there's no further business before the Committee without 
objection the Committee stands adjourned. Thank you.
    [Additional submission by Hon. Matt Cartwright, a 
Representative in Congress from the State of Pennsylvania 
follow:]
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    [Whereupon, at 10:43 a.m. the Committee was adjourned.]

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