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Recently, Education and Labor Committee Senior Republican Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (R-CA) invited U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings to discuss the No Child Left Behind Act.  The interview covered topics from the law's implementation in states and schools across the country to opportunities for reform and prospects for reauthorization.  A video clip is included in this posting, and the full interview (three segments) can be viewed on the Education and Labor Committee Republicans' YouTube page.

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Five years after Republicans first proposed ideas to hold down the rising cost of a college education, the House is poised today to vote on a bill that would do exactly that.  This morning the House will begin debate on H.R. 4137, the College Opportunity and Affordability Act.  The bill includes a proposal crafted by Education and Labor Committee Senior Republican Buck McKeon to shine a spotlight on excessive tuition increases and hold colleges and states accountable for helping keep college affordable.

Rep. McKeon wrote an op-ed on the topic of college costs that appears online in today's edition of Inside Higher Ed.  Click here to read his take on today's historic vote.

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