'I Fear For All Students': Kathy Castor Calls Trump's Possible Education Cuts 'Problematic'

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During a House Commerce Committee hearing earlier this month, Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL) warned about the issue of President Trump's possible education cuts.

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00:00Well, thank you, Mr. Chairman.

00:04There's nothing like college sports.

00:06It's beloved in America.

00:07It builds cohesion among the community and alumni and students and great pride in your

00:14institution.

00:15You admire the skill of all the student-athletes and then the care and concern of the coaches

00:21and support staff.

00:22But it's also big business.

00:23I think right now college sports generates over $18 billion, all told.

00:29But it wasn't until that 2021 U.S. Supreme Court case where they granted student-athletes

00:37the rights to their own name, image, and likeness.

00:42So this is still new, and the courts, universities, athletes, and Congress were really trying

00:49to figure out how to navigate the landscape.

00:54So this hearing comes as we await another court decision on the multi-billion-dollar

01:00settlement between the NCAA, the Power Five Conferences, and the student-athletes.

01:05That settlement is going to resolve multiple lawsuits and better set the rules of the game

01:09going forward.

01:12Chair Barilarakis, I know that you care, and you've been talking to me and other members

01:16about trying to bring some guardrails, and I'm interested in working with you on that.

01:22But I just do not think we can ignore the bigger picture right now of what is happening

01:27in higher education with the illegal shutdown of federal funds, grant monies that flow to

01:34students and educators, the wrench thrown into research at higher ed institutions by

01:43Elon Musk at the direction of the president.

01:45I fear for the fallout for all students, and at the University of Florida, and at the

01:53University of South Florida, and FSU, and at UCF, research funding, and then the slashing

02:00of student aid, student financial aid.

02:04I think we're going to be in a quandary here, and I just couldn't let this moment pass without

02:12speaking up about this.

02:14NIL is very important, but there is a bigger picture here, and it goes right to the heart

02:19of the economic security of all students in all of our institutions of higher learning.

02:27That said, Ms. Cole, I think I am so impressed with your pathway in life.

02:34You were a student at one of the nation's top research universities, and yes, they're

02:37crying out about the NIH and scientific funding quandary, but let's put this in context.

02:47Can you discuss your research experience and that of you and your classmates that you were

02:54able to have at the collegiate level, and what that has done for your professional growth?

'I Fear For All Students': Kathy Castor Calls Trump's Possible Education Cuts 'Problematic'

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