WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson has voted in support of House Amendment (H. AMDT.) # 214, a measure to prohibit funds for the Department of Education Regulations on Gainful Employment.
The Department of Education’s Gainful Employment regulations are a controversial regulatory process that would impose arbitrary requirements on proprietary schools, deny access to students and undermine the strength of the American workforce.
Thompson has been one of the most outspoken members of Congress on this issue, originally requesting the Department of Education to vacate the proposed regulations in May of 2010.
On September 29, 2010, Thompson spoke to a rally of career college students at the foot of the Capitol in Washington, D.C. Thompson told the students, “You have every right to determine your own educational needs. You have every right to determine your future career path and you have every right to make your own destiny.”
H. AMDT. 214, an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Resolution, passed the full House earlier today with bipartisan support by a vote of 289-136.
Click here to watch Rep. Thompson’s floor remarks.