Hearing on Pending Legislation: Hearing Before the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, Second Session, June 29, 2016   [open pdf - 2MB]

This is the June 29, 2016 hearing on "Pending Legislation," held before the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. From the opening statement of James Inhope: "In 2010, Congress passed the Post-9/11 Veterans Education As-sistance Improvement Act. This Act authorized veterans to use their benefits to pursue a technical or career certificate program as an option instead of traditional liberal arts opportunities at a col-lege or university. It is kind of interesting. I am the right one to do this, because in the State of Oklahoma, I actually introduced the first legislation back in the 1970s to establish these technical train-ing areas. So, I am very partial to them. The Career and Technical Education Centers, or CTEs, are public, not private, not-profit, non-degree granting institutions that provide skills and certificates im-portant to every community and are found in over ten States."