[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 3]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 3282]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               SUPPORT OF MR. KLINE'S AMENDMENT TO H.R. 1

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                           HON. ANDRE CARSON

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 3, 2011

  Mr. CARSON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, on February 17, 2011, Mr. Kline 
offered an Amendment to H.R. 1 to prevent the use of funds toward 
implementing the Department of Education's harmful gainful employment 
rule. Although that amendment passed, I mistakenly voted against it. I 
apologize to Mr. Kline, my colleagues, and supporters of the amendment 
for my mistake.
  Whereas we cannot support programs that offer little to no 
substantive education and mislead students down a path to 
insurmountable debt, I do not support a rule that will eliminate many 
quality programs and block access to higher education for many non-
traditional, low- income and minority students who want to better 
themselves by pursuing careers in valuable fields such as nursing, 
technology, criminal justice and design.
  I hope that future courses of action will allow for a more meaningful 
review of the issues concerning career colleges.

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