House Education & Workforce Subcommittee Chairman Owens Issues Opening Statement at Hearing on First Amendment in Higher Education
May 07, 2026
May 07, 2026
WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, chairman of the House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, released the following opening statement from an April 29, 2026, hearing entitled "Speech or Silence? The Future of the First Amendment in Higher Education":
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Colleges and universities should strive to cultivate intellectual diversity on campus by exposing students to new, and sometimes controversial, i . . .
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Colleges and universities should strive to cultivate intellectual diversity on campus by exposing students to new, and sometimes controversial, i . . .