your office to ensure the right questions are being addressed at that hearing. >> at the education subcommittee we're hoping to have our education strategy completed at the end of april so i think that would be perfect and i'd be happy to come to speak to you directly before then to let you know where we're at in advance of that meeting. >> i appreciate your offer and i would take it. >> i just want to thank you for the update i think this is the first official update that this board and commission has gotten and it's great to hear the video will be completed next month and i think we'd all love to see it when it it is completed and i want to congratulate everyone that worked on this and carla johnson here from from the mayor's office in disability and i know her office played a big role in this as well and obviously keep working on this and expanding this and wanted to put thoughts and ideas out there. i think with current contracts there's not much we can do to require but i'd love to look at how we can gave additional points to contract ors that have demonstrated a good driving record but i

as a member of the house education work force subcommittee on health, employment, a-- labor and pensions i'm concerned that the national labor relations board late etc. rule, referred to as the ambush rule, and i stand in strong support of s.j.res. 8. the national labor relations board is to force elections. it will compel employers to provide personal information about their employees such as names address, telephone number and email addresses this will violate the privacy of workers while recusing the informed decision period. to add insult to injury, the rule does not limit or dictate what unions can do with this sensitive information. i'm pleased that south carolina is a right to work state. union membership is not a requirement of employment in our state, it's based on freedom of choice. i'm grateful we have fought as a state to give our employees and job creators the flexibility to choose what's best for them. south carolina has successfully opposed a rogue nlrb when the nlrb tried to block 100 jobs. with the governor -- with the help of governor niki haley and our jarts we stopped

education to their students. we are confident that these pillars will translate into meaningful federal reforms that reflect the evolving needs of students in the work force. yesterday, the subcommittee on higher education and work force training held its first hearing of the 114th congress where we heard policy recommendations on how we can strengthen america's higher education system to serve students families, workers and taxpayers better. former indiana governor and purdue university president mitch daniels testified, quote it's migrate hope that this congress will have the courage to see the challenges and treat re-authorization of the higher education act as an opportunity for reform, end quote. he continued, the country needs the re-authorization that will reduce the costs of higher education's regulatory burdens, simplify and improve student aid and create an environment more conducive to innovation and higher education, end quote. dr. kristin keller, vice president of the association of public and land grant universities stressed the need for access to clear, meaningful data to answer questions and provide essential information for higher education stakeholders. for student

i stand before you today as a member of the higher education subcommittee and as a retired professor of 40 years, been in college in north carolina. i'm steadfastly committed that every student has access to quality, affordable education because education is key to achieving the american dream. however, too many of our graduates are burdened with insurmountable debt which hinders their pros pect of achieving the greater dream. even worse, the rising cost of education, the threat of educational debt has become a barrier for many students considering college. that is not acceptable. national student loan debt is more than $1.3 trillion. it's time to invest in our constituents help our graduates better manage their debt, homeowners and car owners can finance their loans refinance them. why can't our hardworking graduates do the same? the bank loan students refinancing act will allow them to do just that. it will allow graduates to refinance their old debt so they're better equipped to pay them off. one in seven student borrowers default on their student loans in the first three years. if

it's my pleasure to welcome you to the subcommittee on labor health, human services, and education to discuss the this winter 2016 national institutes of health budget request. looking forward to hearing the testimony of dr. collins and some of his distinguished colleagues. i would like to publicly thank dr. collins and staff at nih for hosting me and five other subcommittee members for a briefing and tour of the campus at nih a few weeks ago. i think it is safe to say we all left the nih with a deeper appreciation of the exciting work your staff do every day to save lives. the scope of biomedical research supported through and at the nih is why, and we are confident that thanks to the talented staff and sciences network there we will one day find diseases -- cures for diseases like cancer and alzheimer's. supporting the next generation of researchers is critical to pave the way for these long-term advancements. your budget assumes many areas of enhanced spending on genomic activity including a focus on ebola, universal flu vaccine and antibiotic resistance, and alzheimer's research,

on that same day, my colleagues and i in the committee on education and the work force subcommittee onlth employment labor and pensions, held a hearing on legislation i strongly supported and co-sponsored. h.j.res. 29, which is identical legislation to that which will come before the house today. the national labor relations board's ambush election rule is just the latest of its outrageous actions taken in defiance of long-standing precedent. jeopardizing employee free choice and privacy, and employer free speech. this rule would give workers as few as 11 days to consider a consequential decision before voting for or against joining a unedown. prevent employers from having adequate time to prepare for union elections and postpone critical questions over the election such as voter eligibility. until after the election. while providing little consideration of the long-standing rights of employees and employers, the rule further violates their privacy by ensuring that workers personally -- workers' personal information such as email addresses, work schedules, phone numbers, and home addre

it is my pleasure to welcome you to the subcommittee on labor health, human services, and education to discuss the fiscal year 2016 national institutes of health budget request. we are looking forward to hearing the testimony of dr. collins and some of his distinguished colleagues. i would like to publicly thank dr. collins and the staff at nih for hosting me and five other subcommittee members for a tour of the nih campus a few weeks ago. i think it is safe to say we all left the nih with a deeper appreciation to the exciting work your staff do every day to find ways to save lives. the scope of biomedical research supported through and at the nih is wide and we are confident that thanks to the talented staff and scientists who work there, will one day find cures for diseases like cancer and all-time worst. ensuring a significant search base and supporting the next generation of researchers it is critical to pave the way for these long-term advancements. your budget assumes many areas of enhanced spending on genomic activity, including a focus on ebola flu vaccine, and a biotic resista

it's my pleasure to welcome you to the subcommittee on labor health and human services and education to discuss the fiscal year 2016 national institute of health budget request. we are looking forward to hearing the testimony of doctor collins. i would like to publicly thank his staff at the nih for hosting me and other subcommittee members for touring the campus a few weeks ago. i think it is safe to say that we all left with a deep appreciation of the exciting work that your staff does every day to find ways to save lives. the scope of the biomedical research supported through is wide and we are confident that thanks to the scientists that work there will find cures for diseases like alzheimer's and ensuring that sufficient basic biomedical research base and supporting the next generation of researchers is critical to pave the way for these long-term advancement. your budget assumes many areas of advanced spending on genomic activities including a focus on ebola antibiotic resistance and alzheimer's research to list only a few. of course we also support biomedical research but unfo

educated in the u.s. or europe. we are trying to impose costs. name it. call it out. chinese are stealing our innovation, creativity, our jobs. in fact, it was this subcommittee men that many years ago who brought attention to a foreign government hacking into his files. he sort of let the way. i'm not satisfied at all that we are doing whatever we can do to try to stop it. thank you, mr. director. representative culberson: it is of keen interest to us. i've had a chance to come out here. very impressive. what advice if you could tell the american public out there listening some good basic rules to protect them? good hygiene practices? director comey: folks should exercise the prudence of wonder drug electronics as they would -- wandering electronics as they would in real life. they lock their car. people should hate the same way on the internet. -- should behave the same way on the internet. an e-mail is a knock on your front door. opening the attachment to an e-mail is opening your front door hit you would never open your front door without looking through your people before seeing who is there. people open that attachment. also, know where your children go

educated in the u.s. or europe. we are trying to impose costs. part of the cost is the naming. call it out. chinese are stealing our innovation, creativity, our jobs. >> in fact, it was this subcommittee men that many years ago who brought attention to a foreign government hacking into his files. and he sort of let the way. boy, it has come a long way. and i'm not satisfied at all that we are doing whatever we can do to try to stop it. or counteracting area -- or counteract it. thank you, mr. director. representative culberson: it is of keen interest to us. particular interest to me, the work you've done i've had a , chance to come out here. the work in the classified setting. very impressive. what advice if you could tell the american public out there listening some good basic rules to protect them? good hygiene practices? twoo avoid cyber attacks. director comey: folks should exercise the prudence of wandering electronics as they would in real life. they lock their car. people should behave the same way on the internet. it is actually a bigger neighborhood, a bigger parking lot. and in some ways, more dangerous. when i tell folks is very simple. an e-mail is a knock on your front do