The Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness, Committee on Education and the Workforce, U.S. House of Representatives met at 10:33 a.m. on Wednesday, June 20, 2001, in Room 2175, Rayburn House Office Building to hear testimony on H.R. 1992, the Internet Equity and Education Act of 2001. Chairman of the Subcommittee, Hon. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon presided, and limited the opening statements to the chairman, the ranking minority member, and a designee from each side. Contents include: Opening Statements of Chairman McKeon and Vice Chairman Johnny Isakson; Statement of Stanley O. Ikenberry, President, American Council on Education, Washington, D.C.; Statement of Lorraine Lewis, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C.; Statement of Richard J. Gowen, President, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota; Statement of Omer E. Waddles, Executive Vice President, ITT Educational Services, Inc., On Behalf of the Career College Association, Indianapolis, Indiana; and Statement of Joseph S. DiGregorio, Vice Provost for Distance Learning, Continuing Education and Outreach, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia. The following Statements are appended: Written Opening Statement of Chairman McKeon; Written Statement Submitted for the Record by Ranking Member Patsy Mink on Behalf of Congresswoman Betty McCollum, Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness, Committee on Education and the Workforce, from Steve Shank, Chancellor, Capella University, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Written Opening Statement of Vice Chairman Isakson; Written Statement of Stanley O. Ikenberry; Written Statement of Lorraine Lewis; Written Statement of Richard J. Gowen; Written Statement of Omer E. Waddles; Written Statement of Joseph S. DiGregorio; and Letter Submitted for the Record by Ranking Member Patsy Mink from Juliet Garza, Chairperson, Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, Washington, D.C.; Report to Congress on the Distance Education Demonstration Programs Submitted for the Record by Ranking Member Patsy Mink; and Questions Submitted for the Record to U.S.Secretary of Education Roderick Paige by Ranking Member Patsy Mink; Responses Submitted for the Record by U.S. Secretary of Education Roderick Paige to Questions Submitted by Ranking Member Patsy Mink; Letter Submitted for the Record by Chairman McKeon from Secretary of Education Roderick Paige; and Written Statement Submitted for the Record by Chairman McKeon from Dr. Ron Chenail, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. A Table of Indexes is included. (AEF)