Make higher education, apprenticeships, and vocational school more affordable and attainable.

Ensuring that higher education, apprenticeships, and vocational school are attainable and affordable. Continued learning ... should be an option for all Americans. Unfortunately, costs are prohibitive for far too many.

Commits to expanding access and affordability for postsecondary and vocational education.

Chrissy Houlahan For U.S. Congress
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Partner with labor unions and industry to create one million new youth and adult apprenticeship opportunities over the next five years

Houlahan commits to partnering with labor and industry to create one million apprenticeship opportunities over five years.

Education | U.S. Representative Chrissy Houlahan
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College, tech schools, apprenticeship programs and community colleges must be more affordable.

Reiterates postsecondary affordability and access commitments.

02.09.26_state_of_the_sixth_presentation.pptx.pdf
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Representative Chrissy Houlahan announced $12 million in community project funding grants for 14 projects across Chester and Berks Counties. She said the funds will be invested in local workforce development and educational opportunities, including community college programs, to help the district thrive.

Concrete funding action supporting workforce and educational access, but not a direct legislative delivery of the specific affordability claim.

partial same_term A for effort

Congresswoman Houlahan Secures $12 Million in Community Project Funding Grants for Chester and Berks Counties Organizations | U.S. Representative Chrissy Houlahan
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For FY2027, Houlahan's office listed a project to renovate and prepare a building to house trades training programs including construction pre-apprenticeship, plumbing, and facilities maintenance, expanding access to industry-aligned training for residents facing barriers to employment. The page also lists FY2026 projects and indicates the office is no longer accepting applications for FY2027.

Shows ongoing effort to expand vocational and apprenticeship pathways, but it is a grant-request process rather than a completed affordability measure.

partial same_term A for effort

Community Project Funding | U.S. Representative Chrissy Houlahan
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The presentation includes the education message that 'Higher Education Must be Accessible' and references 'College, tech schools, apprenticeship' as part of the plan, with affordability emphasized.

Direct statement of the policy goal, but no evidence of a completed federal action in the lookback window.

unresolved same_term

02.09.26_state_of_the_sixth_presentation.pptx.pdf
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Houlahan introduced the Servicemember Civilian Transition Support Act to smooth servicemembers' transition into civilian life and ensure support services, coordinating with the Secretaries of Labor and Education and others to improve transition programs.

Relevant because it targets workforce-transition pathways, but it is not a direct higher-education or vocational-school affordability delivery for the claim.

partial same_term A for effort

Rep. Houlahan, Sens. Ossoff, Duckworth Introduce Legislation to Support Servicemembers’ Transition Out of the Armed Forces | U.S. Representative Chrissy Houlahan
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The office reported a town hall focused on energy affordability. This is evidence of a broader affordability agenda, but the page does not describe specific higher-education, apprenticeship, or vocational-school action.

Indirect support only; not sufficient to show delivery of the education-access promise.

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Rep. Houlahan town hall focuses on energy affordability | U.S. Representative Chrissy Houlahan
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