the hearing focused on the department s implementation of the student loan debt for forgiveness program. it s aimed at helping highly indebted students with loans that misrepresented graduate outcomes and potential salaries. meeting on education and labor will come to order. i want to welcome everyone and note decorum is present. the oversight hearing from the department of education s implementation of the barr defense rule pursuant to committee rule 7c, opening statements are limited to chair and ranking members. this allows us to hear from witnesses sooner and provides all members time to ask questions. i d like to thank secretary betsy devos and thank her to hold enough time to allow all of the members present and have five minutes of questions pursuant to house rules. i am especially thankful pause in this chair i am exercising my prerogative to go last in the question order. so if she were to leave early, i wouldn t get to answer questions. i thank you for agreeing to
and the cabinet. the 2019 congressional directory is a handy spiral-bound guide. order your copy from the c-span online store for $18.95. the house education and labor committee hosted the first in a planned series of five hearings on the rising costs of higher education. former bush and obama administration advisers, the university chancellor and a college student testified at the hearing. the committee on education and labor will come to order. and we want to welcome everyone. i note for the record that a quorum is present. the committee is meeting together, and the legislative hearing, to hear testimony on the cost of college, student centered reforms to bring higher education within reach. pursuant to committee rule 7-c, opening statements limited to the chair and ranking members, this allows us to hear from witnesses sooner. and provide to all members with adequate time to ask questions. i now recognize myself for the purposes of making an open nang statement. this m
will come to order. quorum is present. the committee is meeting together in a legislative hearing. to hear testimony on the cost of college. student center reforms to bring higher education within reach. pursuant to committee rule 7c, opening statements limited to the chair and ranking member. this allows us to hear from witnesses sooner and provide all members with adequate time to ask questions. now recognize myself for the purposes of making an opening statement. this morning marks the first of five bipartisan hearings which will inform our work and comprehensive reauthorization of the higher education act. i want to thank the ranking member and her staff for working cooperatively with us to arrange all five of the hearings. also want to thank our witnesses being with us today to answer questions and provide valuable expertise. our timing could not be better. yesterday s news was a powerful reminder that elements of our higher education system are in desperate need of repa
you can watch it monday night, starting 8 pm eastern, on c- span three. next, a hearing on the cost of higher education, with former advisers to the bush and obama administration. university chancellor and a college student, testifying for the house education committee. sprint committee on education and labor will come to order, want to welcome everyone, note for the record that a quorum is present. meeting together, and a legislative hearing, to hear testimony on the cost of college , students and reforms to bring higher education within reach. pursuant to committee rule 7c, opening statements are limited to the chair and ranking member, this allows us to hear from witnesses sooner, and provide members with adequate time to ask questions. i write now recognize myself for the purposes of making an opening statement. this morning marks the 1st of five bipartisan hearings, which will inform our work and cover has a reauthorization of the higher education act. i want to thank th
you can watch it monday night, starting 8 pm eastern, on c- span three. next, a hearing on the cost of higher education, with former advisers to the bush and obama administration. university chancellor and a college student, testifying for the house education committee. sprint committee on education and labor will come to order, want to welcome everyone, note for the record that a quorum is present. meeting together, and a legislative hearing, to hear testimony on the cost of college , students and reforms to bring higher education within reach. pursuant to committee rule 7c, opening statements are limited to the chair and ranking member, this allows us to hear from witnesses sooner, and provide members with adequate time to ask questions. i write now recognize myself for the purposes of making an opening statement. this morning marks the 1st of five bipartisan hearings, which will inform our work and cover has a reauthorization of the higher education act. i want to thank th