WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, chairman of the House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, issued the following statement on April 29, 2026, at a 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, ideas . . .

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