I further believe we must sufficiently fund our public universities to make them affordable for all Americans.
Sufficiently fund public universities so they are affordable for all Americans.
Occurrences
To establish State-Federal partnerships to provide students the opportunity to attain higher education at in-State public institutions of higher education without debt, to provide Federal Pell Grant eligibility to DREAMer students, and for other purposes.
Evidence
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The Education issue page says the latest listed education items are from September 18, 2023, August 24, 2023, and April 26, 2023, with no newer education-specific entries shown on the page.
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McGarvey said he secured $12,354,000 in FY26 community funding, including $850,000 for Simmons College of Kentucky’s new Westover Campus and $850,000 to replace Jefferson Community and Technical College’s downtown campus parking lot with a modern mixed-use facility.
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Congress.gov lists McGarvey as an original cosponsor of H.R.3543, the College for All Act of 2025, which the bill text describes as amending the Higher Education Act of 1965 to ensure College for All.
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The official press-release index available on September 1, 2026 lists recent releases dated August 14, August 10, July 31, and July 29, 2026, but none in the August 30-September 1 lookback window and none about public-university funding, college affordability, or enactment of a higher-education affordability measure.
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GovInfo lists H.R. 3543 as the introduced House version of the College for All Act of 2025. The action says Rep. Pramila Jayapal and original cosponsors including Rep. Morgan McGarvey introduced the bill on May 21, 2025 and it was referred to the Education and Workforce, Ways and Means, and Budget committees. The bill text proposes a federal-state partnership to eliminate tuition and required fees for eligible students at community colleges, Tribal colleges and universities, and public four-year institutions.
Assessments
McGarvey took a serious legislative step by serving as an original cosponsor of the 2025 College for All Act, which directly addressed tuition and fees at public institutions, and he also supported some local higher-education project funding. But the cited bill was only introduced and referred to committees, and the local earmarks do not amount to sufficiently funding public universities so they are affordable for all Americans. The promised national outcome was not delivered.
McGarvey has taken relevant steps, including original cosponsorship of the College for All Act of 2025 and support for local higher-education project funding. However, the broad promised outcome of sufficiently funding public universities so they are affordable for all Americans has not been enacted or otherwise delivered. The legislative activity shows a serious attempt, but the bill has not passed and the local funding does not satisfy the national affordability promise.