NGA Education, Early childhood and Workforce Committee Chair Gov. Ritter testified during the Improving Our Competitiveness: Common Core Education Standards hearing before the United States House Education and Labor Committee.

With most states unlikely to meet new driver's license requirements imposed under the REAL ID Act by year's end, the nation's governors urged Congress to pass the Providing for Additional Security in States' Identification Act (PASS ID) this year to avoid travel disruptions and ensure more secure and less costly standards for driver's licenses than REAL ID.

The nation's governors urge Congress to preserve state authority to protect consumers and investors in the Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009. Governors support provisions that would uphold the authority of states to enforce consumer protections laws and regulations against all financial institutions regardless of charter.