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You can also join the conversation on twitter. Or you can go to facebook. Com cspan. We will begin first with the two candidates talking about the iraq war. We will begin with Hillary Clintons comments. How you think these people feel when the person running to be there commanderinchief says her vote to go to war in iraq was a mistake. Decision tohink the go to war in iraq was a mistake i have said that my voting to give president bush that authority was from my perspective, my mistake. I also believe that it is imperative that we learn from the mistakes after action reports are supposed to do. We must learn of what let us down that path. It must never happen again. I think im in the best possible position to understand that and prevented. This, i am asking to be judged on the totality of my record. What i have done for veterans as first lady, as senator. What i have done for gold star familys, increasing the death benefit from 12,000 to 100,000. Working with republicans like Lindsey Graham to get care for our National Guard members who did not have health care unless they were deployed. Working to provide more support for the care of our veterans, those who are wounded. Working with the fisher family. Working with john mccain to raise money for the Intrepid Center to take care of those who are coming back with profound injuries, working on ptsd and so much more. Working with groups to end veteran suicides. There was a mistake. My opponent was for the war in iraq. He says he wasnt. You can go back and look at the record. He told howard stern he supported it. He supported it before it happened. He is on record as supporting it after it happened. I have taken responsibility for my decision. That was Hillary Clinton last night at the forum hosted by nbc. The headline is Hillary Clinton says no ground troop in iraq ever again. There would be no troops in syria. Who would make a better commander in chief. This is what donald trump had to say. The main thing is i have greater material i have good judgment. I know whats going on. I happen to hear Hillary Clinton say that i was not against the war in iraq and i was totally against the war interact. You can look at before that. I was against the war in iraq because its going to destabilize the middle east. It has been a disastrous war. Its almost as bad, though a barack obama got out. That was a disaster. A lot of criticism this morning for the host of that forum, matt lauer. He did not follow up right there to say that in 2002 when he told howard stern that he was supporting going into iraq. When the debate was happening over whether or not to go and invade iraq. Who would make the better commander in chief . Thank you for calling in this morning. Have you made up your mind on this question . Caller yes maam. I hope you are having a good day. Definitely Hillary Clinton. And themore experience heer candidate donald trump, glorifies Vladimir Putin. Its got to be hillary. Host for her experience . For her experience . Caller yes. Government now for over 30 years. Lets hear from curtis in pensacola, florida. Good morning to you. Caller the biggest problem i have with donald trump is he was a draft out of your. I am a vietnam marine. I dont think he has lived in the real world. I am concerned about the planet. Inhe is elected, i feel like two months will be in world war iii. He is not logical. He was lucky that his father had money. I am not antimoney. Youve still got to pay the bills. He doesnt think. He is irrational. He thinks something and he thinks thats the way it is in the real world, there are one billion people on the planet or in there are different opinions about things. Let me show viewers what he had to say when he talked about his relationship with foreign leaders. I think i would have a very Good Relationship with many foreign leaders. Its very sad would you look at barack obama as an example. Nds air force one in china and they dont want to put stairs for the plane. Hehink its very sad when lands in saudi arabia and cuba and there arent high officials to greet him. This is the first time in the history of air force one. I would have a very Good Relationship with Vladimir Putin and a Good Relationship with russia. Take a look today. Take a look at what happened with their fighter jets circling one of our aircraft in a dangerous manner. This is hostility. I saw it two or three days ago. They looked like they were not exactly adding long. Andoked at president obama Vladimir Putin staring at each other. The beautiful part of getting along, russia wants to defeat isis as badly as we do. If we had a relationship with russia, wouldnt it be wonderful if we could work on it together and not the hell out of isis . You said i will tell you in terms of leadership, he is getting an aide. When referring to a comment that longitudinal made about you, you said its a great honor to be so nicely cop lamented by a man so highly respected within his country and beyond. He does have an 82 Approval Rating according to the different pollsters. Who invadedo a guy ukraine and supports assad in syria and iran. He is trying to in under minor influence. Suspectbly is the main for the hacking of the dnc computers. Well, nobody knows that for a fact. To me to start naming some of these president obama does . You want to be commented by a kgb officer . Is, its not going to get him anywhere. Is what he said last night about Vladimir Putin, praising him and criticizing our president. The president held a News Conference in laos as he wrapped up his trip there. He was asked about that criticism from donald trump. President obama hit back. Obama says he continues to believe trop isnt qualified to be president and every time he speaks that opinion is affirmed. We covered that News Conference this morning, part of that coverage of his trip to laos. You can see it on a cspan. Org later today. President obama was asked about his legacy on guantanamo bay. The president says he is not ready to concede that the military prison there will remain open when he leaves office. That is a Campaign Promise he made in 2008, that he would close it down. We are asking you this morning about the next presidency and which candidate could be the best commander in chief. Linda is in new jersey. Thanks for hanging on the line. Caller good morning. Can you hear me . Out of say definitely the two it would be donald trump. I wouldnt pick clinton. The damage is already done here. Host how so . Donald to beke commanderinchief . Is how the problem here the middle east and russia is everybody acting up. We have a week president. Earliersee when he went how they are act in out. Host do you agree with mr. Trump . He said he would like to see a massive military buildup. Do you agree with that . About you are talking holding up the military . Host that is what donald trump said he would do. Caller yes. Why do think china and russia are building their military . If we ever had a war with them, do you think we could survive . Poor veterans getting parts from the junkyard. Thats called common sense. Ships over iran chasing the other ships. There is a reason for that. We have a week president. Uprybody wants to bring russia. They gaveorgetting ukrainian. It makes nuclear weapons. Hello. Host let me read from the Washington Times for our viewers. Troopsed for 50,000 new and 13 numeral battalions and 100 air force planes. He said he wants to get rid of sequestration on the military. He would cancel those budget caps. Says as foron times the islamic state, he would demand that the generals present a new strategy within 30 days. Heavily from the heritage foundation. Don is in virginia. Good morning. Can you hear me . Host who do you think would make a better commanderinchief . To thank cspan for let us talk to the public. The public needs to be aware that if donald trump doesnt get in there, our courts are going to be disrupted. Our constitution is going to be torn in half. I did exactly what i should have done and i take it very seriously. I always have and always will. Post,the washington email shows that between the former secretary of state and Hillary Clinton. In 2009Hillary Clinton that he used a personal computer attached to a private phone like to do business with foreign leaders. He was scornful of the notion that his mobile devices might be accessed by spies. He did have a personal computer was hooked up to a private phone line. Host we have a democrat in michigan. Who would make a better commanderinchief. I am saying Hillary Clinton. Donald trump is out of control. He is going to go there and take over the oil. Email. Ired of this . Hat is she going to do for me what is she going to do for the country . Host are you talking about the mystic issues . Caller im talking about domestic and foreign. I dont care about the emails. She knows more than trump. Thats just not president ial. Youre on the air. Caller good morning. Good morning, cspan. If donald trump is praising Vladimir Putin, he needs to change his address and to that himself intolowed an ice cream parlor. Get some facts. Have a good day. Host we have a republican. It good morning to you. Caller good morning. Do you think . Who makes the best commanderinchief . Caller i think it has to be mr. Rump Hillary Clinton has too much baggage. Mayor to thet emails. Markeid there was nothing d. Said thatrector wasnt true. That there were quite a few marked top secret. She she has been in government long enough to know what that means. The lady outright lies. Then the people who did her they werecolorado, given a directive by congress not to destroy or do anything with the email. After theyays receive that, they destroyed everything. They should be on charges for destroying stuff requested by congress. Her lawyer had a conversation with them several days before was destroyed. If there is smoke there is fire. The lady is a liar. Think bill clinton did a pretty good job as president did president. There are records missing when she was in the white house. All of a sudden, they show up in the white house. How did they get there . People are not stupid. Host you have any concerns about mr. Trump is commanderinchief . Do you have any concerns about mr. Trump being commanderinchief . Caller no. He was a businessman and did a lot of projects. He knows what hes doing. We send democrats and republicans to washington. None of them do anything. Wed to get somebody in there and clean house and get rid of a bunch of people. These people are dying. They should be fired. I dont know whats wrong. Theyve got thousands of people sitting home because they cant be trusted at their job that they cant fire them. The American People are paying their wages. Host yesterday on cspan, we covered hearing on capitol hill. Atwas set up in 2014 to look and review that the as health care system. The former chairs of that commission testified at on capitol hill. We covered that in case you are interested and they talked about the final report to the president. Recommendations needed for the v8 health care system. Valerie in conway, new hampshire. Thanks for calling in. Go ahead. Caller i am voting for Hillary Clinton. , it isrds to the email all politically charged. There were millions of emails. Trump, i amo donald from new jersey. He put so me people out of business. I dont understand why the middle class and poor people want him when so many people were put out of work. He went to job sites and offered money and if they didnt take it, he threatened bankruptcy. He is the king of bankruptcy. I am shocked that people believe him. I still cant believe of all the choices the republicans had it, that was the one they came up with. I would have voted for john kasich. Nationtrump is an obama and an embarrassment to this country. My friends overseas cant even believe where he is. Its an embarrassment to this country that he is made it this far and its the best they can do in the republican party. Host more of your calls are coming up about who would make the best commanderinchief. First, whats happening here in washington. Congress is back in town this week or the next four weeks. Politico reports that the house is planning to vote on a 9 11 lawsuit will against saudi arabia. The bill would allow the families of the 9 11 victims to sue saudi arabia in u. S. Court. The legislation was approved by the senate. It should clear the house on friday before the 15th anniversary. President obama will likely veto the measure. Potential veto override would not occur after election day. They view it as an effort to under nine undermine sovereignty. Rollcallthis from about capitol hill. Is dippingeadership and what they would like from a continuing resolution. Tuesday theyd would discuss the appropriate length of a continuing resolution to avoid a government shutdown. Their preference is for one that lasts through december. The current fiscal year ends september 30 they will need to keep government funding flowing while it finishes its appropriations work. Individual bills will be negotiated throughout the fall to keep in interest in wrapping things up. Indicate they want to keep the government funded until then. That is the front page of the Washington Times this morning. The irs is refusing to recant criteria used to target tea party groups. They are refusing to recant the criteria used to single them out for it scrutiny. The agency is still struggling with the fallout from the scandal. At least three groups are waiting approval more than three years after they admitted they got questions and put them through unreasonable delays in taxexempt status. President obama has a new rule that require states to still fund planned parenthood. The rule would require states to continue to fund the group. Many of you heard about the fight over funding for the zika virus. Republicans and democrats reached a way out of a monthlong impasse over funding to combat the zika virus. Fight overbroader how to keep the government running. Both parties are working on a shortterm bill. Thats whats happening in washington as lawmakers return. Who would make a better commanderinchief . Did we already talked to maryland . Good morning. Caller of course i am a democrat and i will vote democratic. Its time for woman to lead this country. She can make a really good commander. Trump, the only walled it needs to be built is one around him. Foolishhis cronies. He has no business being present. I cant believe that he is where he is. He is the liar in everything he says is a lie. He is not going to be able to do anything. He will increase the size of the military by billions of dollars. Where is that going to come from. I think matt lauer is the worst moderator of all. All you have is established people who are going to let donald trump say what he wants to say. Hillary clinton has been that it. Host i want to show the huffington post. With iraqme get away war lie. Have you decided which of these candidates would make the best commander . Good morning. Ahead. Who is president obama to say that donald trump is not qualified. This country is going to hell. Trumpdy that said that has never been in the military, neither has hillary. We need donald trump to straighten this country out. Host what do you think . Caller its kind of funny. The republicans complain about things when bill clinton left office, prosperity and peace. Think. Nt they just react. Hillary would be a better leader they need to get more democrats in the house and send. Nothing is going to get done. Republicans care for nobody that the rich. Thank you. Host james is an independent in maryland. It good morning. Tell us what you think. I did not like ted cruz, he stood on principle. The socalled christians will vouch for a man with all of this baggage. They dont know nothing about trump. Republicans to hear say she is a liar. I want you to ask republicans, does donald trump say the truth all the time . Asked everyone of them. Host pat is in texas. Caller good morning. Thanks for cspan. , i made up my mind. I cant see hillary is commanderinchief. Trump. That donald year, it looks like we might the a swing state. Thank you. Host can you answer that last caller . People say Hillary Clinton is a liar. Does donald trump till the truth . Caller no he doesnt. Neither one of them do. I cant think of any that i remember that has. To grow intoance the job. I voted for obama. It looks like she is going to continue. I had made up my mind until last night and. Host what was it last night. She changed hers dance on the email. She changed it all around. She got very upset. Could tell that she was angry that matt lauer was asking her about this. She filibustered. I felt she was very uncomfortable. Shes got a lot of questions about the email that she hasnt been asked. She hasnt let the press ask her questions. She is not comfortable doing it. I cant see her as commanderinchief. I thought she would do the same thing in office. Host let show more from last night. Both candidates were asked about current conflicts. This is what donald trump had to say. Assuming we do defeat isis, what next . What is your plan for the region . We got of the problem is in and we defeat somebody and then we dont know what were doing after that. You look at iraq. How badly that was handled. When president obama took over, it was a disaster. It was somewhat stable. War we never should of got into in the first place. He took everybody out. Isis was formed. This is a terrible decision. Aftermath, at the iran is going to be taking over. Theyve been doing it. I think you know because you been watching. I have always said shouldnt be there. If were going to get out, take the oil. Isis formed with the power of that oil. How are we going to take the oil . We would leave a Certain Group behind and they would take the oil. People dont know this. They have the Largest Oil Reserves in the world. Spend 3and we trillion. We lose thousands of lives. What happens is we get nothing. There,as no victor believe me. I always say take the oil. Isis would not have been able to take oil and use that oil. Was last night. Rick reacted to what donald trump etc. National security issues. We are getting your thoughts this morning. Who would make a better commander in chief. Was there something about what one of them said that sticks out in your mind. Even if you havent made up your mind, call in and let us know what you think. This is what Hillary Clinton had to say last night when she was asked about the use of Ground Troops. How well you determine when to use troops, especially to combat isis . We have to defeat isis. That is my highest counterterrorism goal. Weve got to do it with air support for the kurds who will fight of the ground against isis. We have to continue to support the iraqi military. They have taken back when. We are going to work to make sure they have the support and special forces. They have enablers. They are not going to get Ground Troops. We are not putting Ground Troops into iraq ever again. Were not putting Ground Troops into syria. We are going to defeat isis without committing american roundtrips. Those are the kinds of decisions we have to make on a casebycase basis. When i became secretary of state, we had 200,000 troops deployed in iraq and afghanistan. I am very grateful that we have brought home the vast majority of those. We have a residual force in afghanistan. We have several thousand of the people i talked about who are assisting against isis. It is in our interest to defeat isis. I intend to make that happen. We are going after the leader. It will help us focus our attention just like going after an lot and helped us focus our attention. Who would make the best commanderinchief . That is our conversation. There is some National Security news. Russia has been want to stay out of the election. Leaders in moscow were entrenched adversaries. The United States does not seek a war. Then there is this on that this morning in usa today. Schiff sat down with usa today for a column. He called on the president to retaliate against russia for interfering in the election. You are on the air. Good morning. Who is your candidate to be commanderinchief . Caller Hillary Clinton. She is the most qualified for the job. She has experience and is very intelligent. Donald trump is ignorant to all of the issues. He is racist and the biggest liar. He cops calling hillary a liar. Proven that donald trump is the biggest liar in the history of Fact Checking. Everything he says is basically a lie. If you want to check, you can go to the political fact. The Washington Post has Fact Checkers. You can look at what they say. The Fact Checkers go into their background and look at previous statements. Then they decide. They can say they have eight truth ohmmeter. You can go to those websites and find out or yourself whether or not they are lying on the issues. Good morning. I have said we need term limits. We have people who have been in government too long. They are two protected. They can do anything with impunity. We get a good businessman in there. He is a grandfather. Everything he says has been correct. We need a wall. We have no security. Its just a matter of time. Well businessman in their. Our people seeing whats happening to our country . Cities and towns are collapsing. Losing jobs en masse all over the country. We need a good businessman in there. Mr. Trump is the man for the job. Robert is in illinois. Caller thank you very much. Donald trump without a doubt is going to make a great commanderinchief. My observation last night in , mrs. Se to a question clinton mentioned going around , sending her classified emails, i consider myself a news junkie. I have yet to see her under a small tent anywhere in the world. Be will be Fact Checking that over the coming day. Caller thank you for cspan. I want to say that hillary knows. She knows what she is talking about. She knows the world. Donald is making it all up. He doesnt know. He doesnt know the world. He is a fraud. I am a native new yorker. Bs is when it comes out of the mouths of new yorkers. Master at giving you bs. He makes empty statements. To thele put their year words that come out of his mouth, you will realize that its just all based on empty notions. Its empty headedness. He doesnt know what hes talking about. Fooling the entire country. Host let me get in some other news. The wall street journal reports hillary by 50 million. He may struggle to match the advertising and staffing for field offices. Republican donors pour money into key senate races. This morning, karl rove in the wall street journal. He has 60 days to close the deal. The next three weeks are critical. He looked and sounded president ial. Contrast that with the rally in phoenix. That is karl roves advice to donald trump. Storyis also a politico about the shrinking swing state math. State Party Officials suggest three of the 11 battleground identified by politico are tilting so heavily toward Hillary Clinton they are close to unwinnable. He is in striking distance in the remaining eight, including florida and ohio. Lets go back to calls. Who do you think makes the best commanderinchief . I am going to have to hold i knows and vote. Host vote for who . Caller the only logical choice would the hillary. That is waste on established politics. Host why not donald trump . He did very well at the beginning. He is writing hatred and i dont think thats good for the country. Host stewart is in virginia. Caller good morning. Id rather vote for ted cruz. I dont have that option. I think i will vote for donald trump. Hasa couple of reasons, he told things. He had the intelligence to surround him with people who would advise him on holding everything. What has she built . She served in government for 30 years. Being a former military member, you salute. Not respect a commander in chief that would lie to the families of those people that were killed in an ghazi. She stood on that tarmac and lied to them. Her to be aifies commanderinchief. Says of Washington Post the mexican finance minister quits after Donald Trumps visit to that country. The liaison to the donald trump campaign. It was a chance to defend mexican interest. That was in the Washington Post this morning. There is this about president obamas trip to the g20 summit and then to laos. They have achieved some goals in the pivot to asia. They lifted arm sales embargoes on vietnam and use sanctions on myanmar. Big ones remain unfinished. The president wrapped up his trip early this morning in laos. On can watch that cspan. Org. Lets talk with henry in tennessee. Good morning. Caller good morning this morning. Host thanks for calling in. Played i think hillary im going to make this brief. A peppermint stick and classified. Ive worked in that sector for 14 years. What you are talking about. I would have known what that means. I dont know nothing about a server. I was looking for somebody to tell me that was classified terrio distributed. I didnt hear that. All i hear is email. Lose when theywe bombed all those men . I dont hold that against president reagan. That is a situation. These people that scream about benghazi, then they moved to email. Then they moved to the server. Isnt telling me anything. Thats just making conversation. Its called exaggeration. Look me in the eye. Thats going to get you in trouble. It. Ologize for i pray for them. Mr. Trump is a liar. The 60s. Wn since that was when his father was running the business in 1960. Them back inl of those days. Boxing was a good thing to me and i travel a lot. I got a chance to go to a lot of boxing matches because mr. Trump sponsored boxing. Host ok, henry. I have to jump in so i can get in caitlin, who is in newport. Hi, caitlin. Caller ok, i guess i want to say i know those are the nominees, but i will not be voting for either of them. I know most people will say it is a waste to write in, but Everybody Knows if we all voted for who we actually thought would do a good job, neither of these people would be in the position they are in. They would not be the nominee. I think it is the Group Mentality that if we do not vote for this one, we will have this one, and we do not want that. It is also Party Loyalty i wont vote for hillary because i am a republican, or i will not vote for bernie even though he has good ideas. Anyway, i definitely will not be voting for either of them, and my other thoughts are i feel, like, americans forget important things once we get past all the other candidates, basically, like, rand paul. Everybody wanted a balanced budget. Everybody wanted to have fiscal responsibility. Everybody wanted that, but then the Elections Come around and everybody gets caught up in the trading asically whole group of people for host caitlin, i apologize for interrupting you, but we have got to leave it there because we have to switch gears and turn to education issues in this country washingtoninder of journal, because kids are back in school and we will talk with several members of the education and Workforce Committee. Yesterday, member david jolly came to the house floor and brought a container of florida mosquitoes with him to make a point about the fear his constituents are facing while Congress Continues to debate zika funding. [video clip] representative jolly i rise with mosquitoes from florida capable of carrying the zika virus. This is the reason for the urgency. This is the reason for the fear. The mosquitoes can travel only about 150 feet, but through the assistance of a plane ticket and researchers at software to, have made their way from florida to the well of this house. They are not active carriers, but they could be. Mr. Speaker, people are scared. During the seven weeks of august where we were gone, zika cases rose from 7002 by some estimates, 16,000, including a case in my home, my community. There are one million people, roughly, in that county who are scared, who have fear. In that fear they are demanding action and seeing in action. In that inaction, they are angry angry and they should be. It is not our job to try to explain to the American People why we know better. It is our job to respond to the fear, the anxiety, and the anger of a population concerned about a pending health crisis, concerned about mosquitoes. You see, i brought these mosquitoes here today to convey that fear, that anxiety of millions of americans, floridians. Can you imagine, collects, the fear in this chamber if these mosquitoes were outside of the jar and not inside the jar . Members of congress would be tested. They would spray themselves before coming down here. This is the fear of floridians right here. It is not good enough to work on a compromise for months and months and months without a solution. The time for politics of zika is over. The politics of zika are garbage right now. The fact that candidates will spend money on commercials instead of responding to a Public Health crisis that americans understand, we are wasting time. That is why i am joined by these mosquitoes today. Washington journal continues. Host joining us from capitol hill is the top democrat of the education and Workforce Committee in the house, representative bobby scott of virginia. Thank you for being here. Conversation this we want our viewers to call in to tell us what changes they would make to education policy and get your reaction to that. Conversationff the with a question about the every Student Succeeds act. It replaced no child left behind. Remind our viewers what the differences are or were between those two laws. Isst the primary difference one of the complaints against no child left behind is there was too much testing. We moved every test possible, but you have enough tests to ascertain whether or not there are achievement gaps, and if so, you have to try to get rid of the achievement gaps. You have to make have some tests to get rid of the assessment. The problem with no child left behind, there were too many tests, and it became too much of an aggravation. We give a lot more local how to doto ascertain the assessment, and more local authority to see how you are going to cure your achievement gaps, but we did not relieve them of the responsibility to do the assessment and be accountable for removing the achievement gaps. Teachersl students and feel the impact of every Student Succeeds this year . The process of making the changes there should be fewer tests this year, and hopefully the assessment and the response one of the problems with no child left behind is it has just a couple of strategies for addressing the achievement gap, and some of them did not apply to the situation, didnt work. They have given more local authority to have tailormade strategy to eliminate the achievement gap. They should be seen some change this year, yes. Host and how will this will be rolled out how will it be implemented . What is the governments role . The federal government gave more authority to localities. The localities are going through now to see what they can do to make the assessments more practical and how they can achieve the elimination of achievement gaps. You have to figure out what your local problem is, why some groups are falling behind, and then come up with a strategy. There are effective strategies. Some work in montana, may not work in chicago. You have to see what works in your locality for you have to assess what the achievement gaps are, and you have to have a strategy for dealing with it. Host before we get to calls, congressman, what is missing from this law . What still needs to be addressed in your opinion . Guest i think we have a pretty good law. We have the requirement to do the assessment and eliminate achievement gaps. We have high standards someone graduating from high school, for example, should be able to get into a State College without remedial courses. We set high standards. I think we are in pretty good shape. It is up to the states and localities to implement the law and we are excited about the prospects. Host lets talk to viewers in their states about education policy and the changes they would make. Leo in lafayette, louisiana, independent. Good morning. Caller good morning. Host go ahead, sir, with your question. Caller my question is well, i have a comment and a question. My comment is i agree with the gentleman, and one of these proposals i think politicians need to focus on is lowering the cost of Higher Education, and the final result of lowering Higher Education should be free Higher Education. High, education is too and it causes a disparity. That is what ignorant americans want. Pastis the time for the america is over. We need an america that looks like the rest of the world, and Free Education will give you that. Host ok, leo, lets have a congressman respond to that. Guest i think it is important that Higher Education be available to everyone. We know from studies most of the jobs in the future will require education past the high school level, not necessarily a Fouryear College, but some education and training past the high school level. He is right it is too expensive. One of the problems is a few decades ago the state would spend enough money to cover about two thirds of the cost of a fouryear education, and now they are only putting up enough for about one third of the cost of a college education. Grant used to cover about 75 of the cost. Now it is about onethird. The rest is Student Loans, and a lot of students, unfortunately, our calculating they cannot afford to go to College Students that are qualified, and do not go because they cannot afford it. That is devastating to our competitiveness as a nation. The gentleman is right. We have to significantly reduce the cost, and we are making choices. Was spiked atlege about 900 billion. That is a lot of money, but it is not so much when you consider a few years ago we passed the extension of the bush tax cuts, and that cost 3. 9 trillion. We could have had a tax cut and enough for free college. There are other proposals to make Community College free, to ee. E college debt fr he is we have to get the cost down, and it is right, we have to get the cost down and it is a matter of making choices and the cost of education is a priority. Host we have divided the line by parents. 2027488000. Teachers and administrators, we want to hear from you 2027488001. All others, 2027488002. Lets hear from lorraine who is an administrator in maryland. Good morning. Caller i need to correct that. I am not in the system at present. I used to be. Let me come back to what i have to say. What i am saying is i listened to the statement about going to college, but how are you going to go to college . Presently, we are doing so much remedial teaching at the college level. We are preparing the kids before they can even go forward. We have to do that at the college. You know your expenses are going to increase because now you are teaching what they shouldve gotten at the high school level. Host congressman, what you think of that . Guest she is right and that is exceeded the standards so that every child will be able to get into College Without remediation. It stretches out the time you have to be in college, the cost of you being in college, so she is absolutely right. The states have the obligation to set standards and set a graduation standard so that when they get to college they do not have to take the remedial courses. Host mark is watching us in norfolk, virginia, a parent. Good morning, and good morning, congressman scott, my favorite congressman. Guest good morning. Inler as a parent involved pta what is happening around the board democrats have been arguing, and the government that republicans have a legitimate argument that the government is fat and bureaucratic. It is spilling over into the School System. Actual better teachers are fleeing the classroom for ministry to positions and principal ships administration positions and principalships. A lot of teachers do not feel like they have the autonomy they used to have to run their classroom the way they need to run it. I think what is happening is the best practices theory is being snuffed out because you have some very, super teachers, but they are afraid to lose their jobs. It is almost, like, you know in the few School Systems i am familiar with, a lot of classrooms are in the classroom in fear. They are catching it from the students and from the administrators. Host thanks, mark. Congressman . Guest i think he is right. We could start with higher teacher salaries. When you are in college, you look at professions that pay better, and those are the professions better students try to compete in. When you have very low salaries you do not have the best students going into teaching. So, that is one of the ways you can attract and retain much better highquality teachers. If you look at the successful countries around the world those that do well in education you will see they pay their teachers as professionals and give them more latitude. When you have a lower salaries, it is more challenging to give the latitude because some need much more prescriptive directions. You can start off with higher salaries. He is absolutely right. Host lowell, fredericksburg, virginia. Good morning. Caller good morning, thanks for taking my call. Probably over 100 million it is not 10 million. It has destroyed everything in the nation. Going intoeachers administration they do not qualify. Also teachers cannot be fired cell phones in classrooms, teachers turning their backs on students, while students get paper torn out of work burps workbooks. The cost of illegal immigration to our nation and education is outrageous. I know many teachers say the sat qualifications are put on them, and then they also have to attempt to teach these Illegal Immigrants, who they cannot ask whether they are Illegal Immigrants or not. You have to teach them, and get through the barrier of them not being able to speak english, and when they can, half of them are pretending to know more than they do in english. We did not get in this mess overnight and we will not get out of it overnight. It will take at least four years. Thanks for taking my call. Good day. Host congressman, do you agree, disagree . Has madell, i think he a case for comprehensive immigration reform, and while the people are here, you have a choice whether you want to educate them or not, and my choice is why they are here you should educate them so they are much less likely to be involved in crime, being much less likely to be involved in problems. Failing to educate them would cause more problems than educating the young people, but he has made a case for comprehensive immigration reform, which is, obviously, a subject a different subject. Host richard, in california, up early. A parent. Good morning. Caller good morning. I would like to express my story of what happened with my son. School, anough high honor student, did his requirements for the state of california, got accepted at uc riverside, a State College. The gentleman was saying on tv something about local challenges. I am not sure about the challenges or not, but he received a d in his first semester of his senior year in a required class and he got redacted. He cannot go now. It is disturbing. I was wondering what the congressman thinks of what is going on in his state and is his state different, and i want to put the word out there to the seniors this year please make sure you know what youre college, especially the universitys requirements are, because they might get left behind. Host ok, richard. Constant . Guest some of the toggle congressman . Guest he talked about some of the colleges in virginia, there is virtual open enrollment, especially the Community Colleges. It is important you get the best great. If you get a high school diploma, you can at least go to Community College, do well, get back on track and transfer to a fouryoure college. In virginia, virtually all of articulationhave agreements where you can transfer all of your credits to get a fouryear degree. Host i want to get your thoughts on this front page story in the New York Times this morning host in a decision that could fundamentally guest well that i am not familiar with the details of the case, but that analysis is part of what were trying to do in washington. We started with the brown the board of education case, that any child doubtful can succeed in life if denied the opportunity of education. Such an opportunity is a right that must be available to all on equal terms. We funded with the real estate tax, which guarantees it will not be equal. The elementary and secondary education act of 1965 put money into areas of concentrated poverty to try to make up for that obvious disparity, and no child left behind, with all of its faults, did at on the requirement that not only do you have to get the money straight, you have to get the results straight. You cannot have Certain Groups chronically behind, so if you have achievement gaps, you have to do something about it. The solution is not just money. Teacher salaries obviously, if you are paying extremely low salaries, in reality, you are not going to get all of the highest quality teachers. You will get some, but you will not get all. If you paid doctors 40,000 a year, the hospital could find some doctors, but you would not be able to staff the entire hospital if that is all you were paying doctors. We need to pay our teachers more. Looking at it as a comprehensive approach, that is the way to improve education. I am not familiar with the connecticut case, but that kind of analysis getting the money straight, and making sure that you have the best teachers in the most challenging schools, and you deal with achievement gaps. There is no one strategy that works. Needhave shown that you wraparound services. Children, particularly in lowincome areas, can come in with many challenges, and you have to deal with them. If they are homeless, if they are hungry, they are not going to be able to learn, and you may have to deal with those problems. Host congressman, lets get in another call, agnes in oklahoma. Caller good morning. Thank you for taking my call. The education of a child is the most important thing this country can do, but when they are at the mercy of a state that will whack into education funds to try to balance a budget, they are only going to be hurting the future generation of this country. I live in oklahoma and have watched massive screwups in our Education System. The governor gave tax cuts to corporations to try to bring in business, and when the oil prices dropped out, that left a budget shortfall, and they whacked education. We have schools now that do not have enough teachers. They are running to a fourday teaching week. These kids are not going to get the education that they need. We are going to be raising a future generation of ignorant people if this does not straight now. Kansas to the north has done the same thing. Their Education System has been whacked to death by the local governments with legislators hacking budgets. This is something we need to look at the federal level as well. These kids should not be at the mercy of their local government. Thank you for taking my call. Guest the every Student Succeeds act requires them to have high standards so that when exceed in high school there able to go to a Fouryear College they are qualified. You have to have teachers that are qualified enough to educate the children, but the caller is absolutely right. We make choices. When you give tax cuts and then end up paying for them with cuts in education, that has longterm implications in the future workforce, the education of the children, the quality of the education these are choices that are made. When you choose tax cuts and you choose to pay for them in with cuts in education, you pay for it later on. Host congressman, before we let you go, Washington Post frontpage story is about you this morning, with the headline the congressman who could make history again. Firste the africanamerican to serve in congress from virginia since the 1890s. Say the story goes on to that there is some concern that you have not run statewide before, and that you have not been able to you have not had and thereive race, are concerns you would not be able to raise the money needed for a statewide race. Do you think you could do it . Guest well, yes, and if you have raised enough money to win all of my races by at least 30 Percentage Points there is the old joke that jack kennedy i think it is in the article jack kennedy called his father and wanted more money for an election. His father essentially told him, jack, i do not mind buying an election, but im not paying for a landslide. I raised enough money. Once in 28 years i have won by less than 40 points, and that was 38 points. I have raised enough money to win by a landslide. In 2017 and to run 2018, and i am prepared to do that. Host congressman, we appreciate your time this morning and talking to our viewers about education. Thank you very much. Guest thank you. Host and were going to continue on washington journal from capitol hill this morning talking about education with you. The kids are back in school. Congress is in town and we have more members from the education and Workforce Committee, but while we wait for our next congressman to join us, will take more of your calls. What changes would you make to education policy . Arkansas, a ken in parent there. Hi, good morning. Caller good morning. Much,d of, agree, pretty with what the other callers have said. We had a smaller high school in our system, and they actually shut it down, so we had very few choices. We decided to enroll our child in homeschooling, which is k12, and i could not say anything bad about it at all. Mainly all good. Our child that was in the school was highly smart, educated, because it was more oneonone, and after they shut it down we went to homeschooling. The k12 is a good system. They give you everything you need. Our kids 13, and the educate he was doing 11th grade work, and i have a 17yearold son in school and he passed them in his homework, and the reason we took him out of k12 is because he missed his friends. Spot. S an up and down if they would open a few of these smaller schools backup they have chrome books. A teacher doesnt do anything. Why doesnt the government i know it is money about them being there but if theyre going to play on a computer and look at it, why are they going to be in school . We thought we might go back to homeschooling. Wyoming, a parent. Good morning to you. What would you change about education policy in this country . Caller thank you for having me on. I am a single dad raising two autistic boys, 16 and 17. Just in the overall picture for them as well as everybody else, i am concerned that there is no curriculum for memory. Going from the working memory, where you remember a phone number four, maybe, 10 minutes, to shortterm memory, where route memory works good, you do it over and over again, to you arem memory, where linking the whole picture. Benefit our would children a great deal. To give you an example, we use math, multiplication, addition, subtraction, over and over again. Routed into our heads our longterm memory. Carpenters use geometry. That is routed into their heads. Over and over again if we had a memory system, a memory curriculum, we can have the kids learn it and make their own decision on how they want to customize, kind of it. I think that would be great. Host ok. Lets go back up to capitol hill because congressman joe courtney is sitting at the canon rotunda waiting to talk to all of you. A democrat from connecticut, serves on the higher Education Workforce training subcommittee. Congressman, i know Higher Education and the cost of college is an issue you have focused a lot on. On emergency student funding refinancing bill what would it do and what is the status of it . Guest this bill would address one of the biggest overhangs in the u. S. Economy, as well as one of the real hindrances, particularly for recent graduates from colleges who are still carrying highinterest are loans whether they public loans through stafford or through private banks. The bill would take advantage of the lowinterest environment and allow people to refinance their Interest Rates to 3. 4 . The Congressional Budget Office estimates that would put 350 billion into peoples pockets, who, again, are paying huge rates today, and also, frankie, is generating a windfall for the government, which clearly is not what the intent of the stafford student loan program, when it was established decades ago. We have in the house. I organized a petition with over 100 house members calling for immediate for action with a debate and a vote. Unfortunately, the republican majority has just stonewalled this issue over the last two years. Very disappointing, because i was part of a Bipartisan Team that negotiated the student loan certainty act three years ago and i was with some of my colleagues in the oval office when president obama signed that into law. That allowed the ones that kids are taking out this fall to go down, and today they are about 3. 4 . They are slated to double. We came up with a formula to protect its. Again, there is this legacy debt that is sitting out there, hindering people in terms of starting families, buying houses, cars i was with real colors talking about potential homebuyers realtors talking about potential homebuyers who were disqualified because of their interest to debt ratio. This is, in my opinion, a total nobrainer. We, frankie, need to do a copy heads of frankly need to do a comprehensive Higher Education reform. The less Time Congress passed a Higher Education act was 2008, and unfortunately it is going to be one of the failures of the Republicancontrolled Congress that they could not get the Higher Education bill moves through. For example, the itt tech colleges, which were just shut down about a week or so ago, there are too many of these flybynight programs that use taxpayer dollars. 90 of itts revenue comes from title iv taxpayers propping up these institutions that generate degrees that are almost worthless. That is what happened to itt. Excuse me allergy season. They lost their accreditation. Helpingd be focused on those students transfer credits and get themselves back on their degree terms of a useful program, and, frankie, we should cut down on other programs wasting taxpayer money and that we can use to bolster Community College, workforce training programs. There are a lot of advanced manufacturing Job Opportunities in this country, and right now the committee college are the real, sort of, secret solutions that we need to bolster, and move those funds and resources away from, really, just institutions that are out to make a quick buck, and not to give people the skills they need to enter the american workforce. Host congressman, i want to get to calls here. Guest sure. That, on thise do itt story, the wall street journal says the closing of the major forprofit School Operator could leave taxpayers on the hook for tens of millions of dollars in federal loans. Why is that question guest why is that . Guest in my opinion, it is creating programs that do not work, the failure of congress. Our bill would allow students at a halfway through their programs to transfer to other institutions and get a useful degree, and for some who, again, signed up because of the High Pressure salesmanship that entices people into the unrealistic belief that they are going to change their lives if they spent 30,000 or 40,000 on a Degree Program over 12 months those loans should be discharged. The good news is some of those loans have not been paid out, so the actual cost is going to be, i think, less, then the journal reported than the journal reported. At whatwe need to look has been out there since 2008, and the proliferation of these, in my opinion, flybynight, theitutions, is something administration has to crack down on, and that is what happened with itt. Host diane in georgia. A teacher there. It is your turn. You are on the air with the congressman to go ahead to question or comment about education in this country. , greta, and morning good morning, guest. You answered said my name. I am trying to answer the question. First, my background i have two degrees in teaching from the university of the west indies. I was brought up in one of the countries,hird world and when i came to america i apply to go into the teaching profession. Lan i came, i had to do the st i was not prepared for. Just from my knowledge taught in my country, i was able to take that exam and pass both of them, and i became a teacher in new york. In my country i taught up to collegelevel before i came here, so when i went to the classroom, the children discipline i was so upset and so concerned that my hair started falling out. I said children, your education is your life. I am here to help you, and then i listened to many, many things in the society that topgreat people doctorates and so on taking picking favorites. [indiscernible] term,that term another the use of proposition. Since were using the english language, i would suggest more of that type of education is passed on to the children at all ages. Host ok, diane. Congressman, do you have any thoughts . For yourrst, thank you investment in yourself and the kids that you taught it is an inspiring story you shared with us. We did not hear where the school with the classroom difficulties she described is located, but across the country, poor School Districts have larger class sizes and that makes the job of teachers, in terms of creating an environment where everybody can Learn Together much more difficult, and frankly, that is why when leader scott, who was here before me, did such a great job fighting for the title one allotment in the every Student Succeeds act. The that is what those types of resources can do to solve the problem the teacher just talked about. When you have these class sizes over 30 or so, you are really asking the impossible for teachers to control that large and environment. Host lets talk to another teacher. Jennifer in indianapolis. Caller hello. I have taught in 25 years in or five, and in florida f years, and like you said, there thetwo big of classrooms, students are unruly, there are no consequences for their , 10ons, and in indiana, oh years ago, they started breaking up the teachers unions. Class forsome sort of teachers that would be impossible to follow. Youruld be like saying great book has to be on the left corner, and you have to be sitting in a chair with your feet up that is how strict they were. 30 seconds before bell rang, you should be doing something, and not doing routine work. Even some administrators would lie on their evaluations, and in my opinion it was to get the older, expensive teachers out of teaching, and now it is to the they area result teaching apples and testing on oranges. Failed, and they were able to say they are terrible teachers. Out byove the old ones cruelty and by changing their teacher teaching assignment. Will have the, i congressman respond to what he is hearing from you. Our time is short with him. I will have him respond. Uest sure i think what we heard is a perfect example of why this process of teacher evaluation is actually a very complex issue, and, as i think the caller described, you can end up with some really arbitrary, pointless measurements within a school or a school district. One of the, i think, goals of the every Student Succeeds act, which the president signed last year, was really, sort of, to push down that decisionmaking process of how teacher evaluation is going to occur in this country. In connecticut, for example, we have created working groups where teachers are at the table negotiating with the state board of education, school superintendents, about a fair and effective system of teacher evaluation. It is not something you are going to do with a snap of a finger. Teaching is complex. Trying to come up with ways to accurately measure, you know, success and proficiency, is just not something you can do with one magic bullet, and that is essa maximizere there should be collaboration on how the standards should be put together. Connecticut,g of the front page of New York Times this morning on your home state, a judge said in a decision that could fundamentally reshape Public Education in your state, the state was order to make changes in everything from how schools are financed, to what students are eligible to graduate from high school, to help teachers are paid and evaluated. Was this judge wrong or right . Judge quitew the well, and i think he is an outstanding person and jurist. Dedicate is an adjusting place. We have the highest per capita income in the country. If you look at the line, we have good outcomes in terms of kids proficiency at times of graduation, but it is really a tale of two cities. There are deep pockets of deep poverty, and there are gaps, which i think the judge correctly identified in terms of what we have to do better in the state. And jokingly, if you go back to versus oneillf was another case that basically desegregated connecticut schools, and in the hartford region created a Magnet School system. My daughter actually attended one of those, and it has actually been incredibly successful in terms of breaking down racial isolation in there is no question that a lot of the problems that the judges opinion identified are real. The question of the day is how do you get an Effective Court ordered the legislature can execute, because that has been the struggle in the past in connecticut what remedies as a judge or a court have if the legislature does not move in the opinion,n the courts quickly enough . He certainly set out some starts and guidepost for measuring the legislators performance, and i think it is a healthy, productive decision the judge released yesterday. There are similar lawsuits in other states for our viewers if they are interested in reading this New York Times front page story. Pamela. Good morning to you. Caller good morning. There are there is so much to talk about. That mean at all my comments. I grew up in several education experience in jackson, mississippi, post segregation, and i feel like i survived them and i thrive because of the commitments of my parents who were always pta president s at all of my schools and because of my teachers. I have an engineering degree. I work at a university. I am very aware of the higher. Ducation challenges my parents were in Higher Education. I volunteered volunteer in schools. And science, and what is so overwhelming to me is the inequality in education. What i see with my cousins in mississippi versus my nephew in prince georges county, maryland, versus what i see in petersburg, they are also disparate. Depending on the funding for thatschool district, really does affect the opportunities that you have in the kind of education you have. When people keep saying it is not about money it is about money. It is about the way we fund the School System. I have been disgusted by congressman scotts representation, because petersburg has failing schools, and he has not been here. The second point i wanted to skills arerents diverse. The kids that need the most parental advocacy probably have the parents that are least able to advocate for them to, so are there some programs at the school or federal level to help parents better understand the systems or give the School System parent advocates . Havee hospitals you patient advocates. I think parents need advocates, too, because they do not know how to navigate the system. My last point is my nephew is applying for college now. He is completely panicked about the debt. He is 17. He should not be as freaked out as he is about the massive amount of debt he is looking at with the colleges he is applying to as an honor student with no trouble in his background. Host ok, pamela. Congressman . Guest first, the story about the work you are doing to help kids with them in the grade school, i cannot tell you how much i admire you and i think you are totally zero in on what i think is the real focus we should be using as a nation. If we look at the employment opportunities, the income opportunities, those fields are where, frankly, the growth is, and the best incomes are. We are woefully represented by momen and minorities in ste education, and to the extent we can boost interest in those populations it is the key to the future for their future success. Thank you for what they you are doing. The bill the president signed, i was involved in an amendment to focus resources in the stem area particularly at the youngest ages, as of the caller knows, if you get a kid in middle school or beyond, it is almost too late to make the connection to the stem curriculum. Thank you very much for doing that. In terms of parental involvement, it is the secret sauce. The schools that i go to that are the most successful, you see parents engaged in the school and in the school day. Obviously the support they can get at home with homework and other issues is critical. There is a limit to how much the federal government can do. These are fundamentally family issues when you really get right down to it. We need to, again, come up with policies that really allow parents the time to engage with childbearing and raising kids, and, frankly, that is a broader issue than just an educational program. And the last thing, as far as your nephew i would just say that is why we need to get a Higher Education authorization. He is about to make a life decision in terms of taking on a degree that hopefully will allow him to succeed, but to make the wrong choice and also get with him that simultaneously candy, really, one of the most catastrophic outcomes. It will happen to him. It sounds a key is a great kid, but there are far too many cases where that happens. There needs to be more transit transparency for kids making the decision at the beginning and not feeling trapped at the end. We need to bolster pell, keep the rates as low as possible, and make colleges and universities more accountable about tuition, which the president , to his credit, started that trend a couple of years ago with report cards for colleges and universities. We do have a comprehensive rewrite of the higher ed act, and i hope democrats win in the fall because we are ready to do that. I have been straining at the leash for the last five years to get our hands into that because it is so critical for the future of our country. Int lets get in dave michigan. A parent. Welcome to the conversation we are having on education. Caller yes, good morning. I just have to say to mr. Courtney, the democrats have had 30 or 40 years of this, and in detroit, they had about 50 or 60 years at it, and that is an absolute disaster. When i put my little girl to the public School System in detroit she went to marshall Elementary School, and i saw the level of education they were giving her, so i had to give up my social life and stay home and teacher myself. In those eight years she was equipped with geometry, trigonometry, algebra, algebra ii, and ready for calculus when she entered freshman year of high school. I had to step in again and almost forced them to bring a video course from the local college into the high school, which would give her calculus one, calculus two, and calculus three. All right, dave, thank you for sharing your story. I want the congressman to respond. Guest those are Good Strategies for kids k through 12 p. M. My daughter actually did the same thing. 12. My daughter ashes in the same thing and was able to graduate college and three years. Those are the kinds of strategies we should be employing to reduce college costs. What i would just say to you is for the last four years the house has been controlled by republicans. A lot of them are good friends of mine. I worked with him on the student loan certainty act, but they on higheroved education, and anyone that is close to the system, a parent or educator, knows this system needs an overhaul. We need to stop wasting money on flybynight programs and start investing it into programs that work and refocus our curriculum in the stem area. I congratulate the caller for helping his daughter bolster those skills. Host talisman joe courtney of connecticut. Thank you for the conversation this morning. Guest thanks, greta. We will continue with all of you, taking your questions and comments about what you would change in education policy to make it better in this country. Coming up, we will talk with two republicans on the education and Workforce Committee about their ideas, and they will take your questions and comments as well. Until we get to those memories members, we will continue with your phone calls. Dan. A parent. Caller hello. I would like to discuss the test teachers take to become certified to teach in each state, and i have noticed that here in oregon we have a score of 812 to pass it, and in some states it is as low as 600. I would like to standardize it in the United States so that everybody has to pass at the same score to teach our children. Thank you. Host all right, dan. William, who is a teacher did i amear that last call curious as a teacher your reaction to hearing that call, that there should be one standard test for all teachers. Caller yes, i would totally agree with that. I was a teacher for 42 years in school, also at a high started teaching in 1964, and terminated, or retired in 06. My point that i want to make this morning in terms of public number one, i think any person, whether it is a superintendent, principal any administrator should spend at least five years in the classroom before becoming an administrator. They can go to school i got my degree in administration, my masters. Two, Public Schools in the United States, in particular i remember dr. Russell in the mid1980s who mentioned he was not much of a politician, a very i am, big guy, who said learning about this money. I will make it short he found out that his building alone had a budget of 500,000, and everybody was trying to buy in other words, Public Schools are not are not there to make money. They are there to educate our students. Host ok. William, i want to get your reaction to this tweet from a viewer exactly. And school boards, when they start paying them salaries, and then expenses it was politics again. Somebody is giving money, and who you know it is the politics that has entered education, and i think that is really the biggest downfall in education. Going to anymoney kind of school outside of Public Schools should simply be paid by the parent. D. C. Alan in washington, what would you change about Public Education in this country . Greta, it is clear Student Loans have become inflationary and predatory because of the removal of standard Consumer Protections that exist for every other type of loan. Congress remove bankruptcy protections, statutes of limitations, and other protections that exist for every other type of loan in this country, and now we are seeing the results. Hyperinflation the federal government profiting 50 billion per year on the system, and even making a profit on the faulted loans. So, defaulted loans. If you wonder why we went to 1. 5 trillion in Student Loan Debt over the past 10 years that is why. Repealone, Congress Must one line of federal code that makes bankruptcy impossible for Student Loans uniquely. That has to be repealed. That is the one change. Joe courtney knows it. Virginia foxx is against it, to her great discredit, and i hope you will ask her about that when she comes on. Host yes, she is coming up in a few minutes. Greg in North Carolina. A parent there. Hi, greg. Caller hi. God bless the teacher for 45 years. I have a tendency to agree with him. The reason i am calling is simple because when we started this segment of the program, we started speaking about education, and the first five minutes we talked about 90 of the kids, and then the second part we talked for 20, 25 the 10 ofut this the children that are supposedly falling in the achievement gap. You continuously here achievement gap, achievement gap. I heard for years the money has been there, everything has been there to address that, and it does not get addressed for whatever reason. I would like to know how many kids fall in this achievement gap. I am very curious. I would like to know, and i appreciate cspan very much. Host and greg, do you think it is exaggerated the number . Doler not so much, but i not know if people know what they are paying for. I do not know if were talking about 50 that dont graduate that is, kind of, rough terms. I do not know what it is. Maybe it is 30 , 40 , but i know it is not very good. Host there is greg there in North Carolina. Kate in lancaster, pennsylvania. What are your ideas on education . Caller thanks for taking my call. I would like to look at how to expand curriculum to include mindfulness. I believe that todays students, between the videos, the phones, the tv, the violence that is projected onto all of us, has a habit of not allowing us to focus and concentrate, and being present with where we are. There are numerous organizations in america that teach teachers how to teach students how to be mindful. If you look at these websites, and look at these statistics, you will find it has helped them the more attentive, more aware,l, be more compassionate, and it has also accelerated their ability to Pay Attention in class, which has resulted in better test scores, and more interest in their classes. So, in addition to teaching students curriculum of knowledgebased information, i think it is essential in this day and age to teach students how to have more emotional resilience how to have more caring for themselves and each other. It also helps teach how to respond, and not react. You prepare adults for a new way that his deeply needed as we move forward in this country. Int you would be interested tim ryan, the democrat from ohio, he talks about mindfulness quite a bit. You should go to his website, he has talked about it here as well. Year has kicked in and the students are back. Congress is also back in washington doing work. We want to go there now and talk with virginia foxx. The republican from North Carolina. Thank you congresswoman for being here. Guest thank you for having me. Host we talked with congresswoman joe courtney congressman joe courtney about student debt. What would you do for that situation . Guest parents should be demanding more and the legislatures should be demanding more. Calledt is the movement Early College and dual enrollment. Many more students could be getting their first two years of college in the high school setting. There was more demand for it on the part of parents. As i mentioned, the legislatures, the legislatures are paying for duplication. Many students planning to continue education after high school are duplicating in college the last two years of their high school work. I think we need to do a lot more of that on the committee. We are pushing the issue of transparency and i did have a bill passed two or three times colleges anduire universities to be more sonsparent on their cost that students and parents can make better decisions about where students will go to school to continue. I am a huge proponent of Community Colleges. I was a Community College president and i think that Community Colleges are underappreciated by most people. Many students could begin their Education Close to home, live at and get an excellent education at a Community College before the transfer. Is, many thing students do not need to get fouryear degrees. System ina skills this country right now and we need to do more to encourage skillss to develop their and eventually get a degree, perhaps. But certifications along the way. You can get excellent paying jobs, sometimes sixfigure jobs with that. Host of have a whole opportunities out there for students and parents to prepare for work and prepare for a good life. Education is not just to prepare for work, it is to make as a wellrounded person. But there are many opportunities short of going to an extremely expensive fouryear university straight out of high school. Students make up only 27 of our student population now. More and more people are coming nontraditionalll ways i prefer to call them contemporary students. Host how do you respond to congressman joe courtney who has legislation for dealing with student debt. Here is what he had to say and we will get your response on the other side. The bill would address one of the biggest overhangs in the economy, as well as a real hindrance for recent graduates from college who are still carrying high Interest Rate loans. Orther they are public loans private loans. What the bill would do is take advantage of the low interest environment that our country is in now and refinance down Interest Rates to 3. 4 . About 50 billion into peoples pockets, who again are paying huge rates today. And it is frankly generating a windfall for the government, which is clearly not what the intent of the stafford student loan program. Host can you support that legislation . Remindi would like to him that when the democrats were in the control of the congress, they are the ones who set a high Interest Rates for loans. Republicans wanted the Interest Rate to go with the market. But it was the democrats who insisted on a higher rate. Were able, when we gained the majority in the house, to lower the rate. I havent listened at what the cbo score on this would be. Im not familiar with the bill. At whato have to look the cost would be to the American Public. Every time somebody asks me to spend money, i think about the Hardworking Taxpayers, who under right everything that we do in one way or another. A sister who works in a factory and has worked there for a long time. She pays her taxes and i think whot her and my daughter works very hard every day and all of us who work hard and pay taxes as to what are the burdens we are putting on those old in order to subsidize other people. Host diane from georgia. A parent. Some of the things that they said, i agree with. They should get the parents involved. Should think the parents come up to the school and learn what teachers are teaching. I think one day a month, a parent should give one hour a month to help teachers. They are forgetting that it is the job. They are not there to close them orteach them how to wash teach them how to act. That is the parents responsibility. Host do you agree . Guest god bless this woman for think wents because i have wonderful teachers in our School Systems. And they are being asked to do a lot of things that go beyond what traditionally have been asked of them to do. Way beyond reading and writing. Our schools should be there to teach students the skills they in lifebe successful but it has gone beyond academics. Ontohis woman is something. The most Successful Schools in , they are the schools that have good teachers, great principles and parental involvement. It is not rocket science. So she is onto something. Ifwould be so much better parents a lab children to come to school prepared to learn the academic subjects and that teachers werent being asked to do everything for the students. God bless this woman speaking out. Host we go to is zachary in south carolina. Caller good morning. I agree with a lot of what the congresswoman says. I am a jr. In college and i have 40 College Credits going into college that did help out. Thei definitely agree with juniorcollege. And a a twoyear degree lot of my friends who graduated with me are making lots of money the felt be driving edge of driving age 54 year college so now i am here. And i do have Student Loans. I am in the sciencemath field. I feel like i will be able to if them off but i do wonder the government were to cut loans and cut the government funding i feel like it would force colleges to cut how much they charge. Lets take that point and have the congresswoman respond. Guest we know that there is a direct correlation between increased federal spending for education and increased tuition. We have proven that over the years. Zachary is onto something. The more we give to colleges and universities for educational expenses, the higher tuition goes. He is absolutely right. And congratulations on being so smart as to get dual credits by having 40 hours. That is fantastic. Usaid yourself a years worth of College Expenses by doing that. A twoyearing to school, you saved a lot more. You are in science and math and you have a better chance of getting a job that will allow you to pay off the loans. I hope you look very carefully at how much you are borrowing because it will stay with you for the rest of your life and that is something that is not easy to understand. Students dont understand that theyre taking on debt that they have to repay. They have to be counseled carefully and that is Something Else that the committee is concerned about. Host we were telling our viewers as you were speaking, showing the cover of the higher cost of education most of the new jersey colleges are encouraging firstyear indents at least 200 more mandatory fees in the school year ball the majority of private colleges raised their sticker prices by at least 1000. Lets hear from evelyn, a teacher. Caller hi. I just wanted to say that i think some of the things that should be changed need to go back to the tier system. Because the one curriculum fits all is not working. Classroom sizes should be cut in half. Especially for children who had cognitive delays and behavioral problems. Most schools dont want to pay for that. At we need to be looking curriculum, it is important that we understand our curriculum may or may not be addressing our children. Do need to progress and go through the system. Speak oneen dont language and they dont do that for a well. Forthose are my suggestions congressmen and educators and administrators they need to look at those problems. Guest i would say that what evelyn is bringing up is the issue of local control. We do give money and in small again, this is hardworking taxpayer money. We would do better at the if we would skim some of the money off and turn some of it back to the states and localities. We need to allow localities to make the decisions. I have been in many classrooms and i have seen the range of students that she is talking about. Anywhere from special needs students in the classroom all the way up to extremely bright students and the teachers are having to deal with that. And there are need sometimes she is right that smaller class sizes to make a difference if you can get the class size down to 15 but most schools couldnt handle that. We do have good class sizes now in most schools. We have excellent principals and teachers and more local control would make a huge difference in the way schools operate. Host claudia, a parent. Here, we have a governor rick snyder, a republican. And he has been wreaking havoc since he came into office here. Started out by poisoning the water here in flint, michigan. Is poisoned men, women and children. And he went before congress but they let him go. And there is wreaking havoc in detroit. With the School System. They are threatening to close down 50 or more Public Schools in detroit. Whens a republican you get back to where you are supposed to be going with your job, i wish you would call ernor rick snyder up and let her do what she is supposed to do. Host do you have any thoughts on what is happening with the michigan Education System . Unfortunately, detroit one of the most successful and it breaks everybodys hearts to see what has happened in detroit. To see what has happened in flint. I believe that Governor Snyder has apologized. And there is not just one element of blame there. Lots about flint from congress and most of us are well aware of the problems there. And in terms of education, it is up to the state and the localities. It is not the role of the federal government to dictate what happens in detroit. Back to College Loans and student debt, here is a tweet from a viewer who wants you to answer the question why not allow bankruptcy protection for students . Every other borrower has it. Guest i disagree with that. People take on debt. They take on these loans when they go to school. They often do not know what they are doing and i realize that. If we did that, the American Public would be responsible and im not willing to give that burden to Hardworking Taxpayers who did not take that debt and should have known what they were doing. Host diane is a parent in kansas. I have two comments. Middle School Students or students starting high school should have a class in how to study. That kids take tests but they do not know how to study or use their time well. That is number one. Number two, it is regards to Elementary School. I know a lot of teachers. When i talk to them, they continuously tell me about problems students might be having before school. And they say they are spending more times being Guidance Counselors or social workers than they are being teachers. We need more help with trouble students to take some of the burden off of teachers. Thank you. I would like to hear your thoughts. Diane, deciding on the curriculum in your local schools is the responsibility of the school board in your system. When we allow the federal government to dictate curriculum , we going the wrong direction. I think you should tell them that study skills should be taught. I agree with you that many students dont know how to study. Have social calls workers now and unfortunately it is a dominant issue that occurs even in schools in North Carolina that i represent most of them do have social workers and that goes back to something we talked about early on. It should not be the role of the government to take care of the issues outside of the school. That should be done by the parents. And by other agencies. But unfortunately, schools are being burdened with that. Problems in our culture, in general. We have many children being born out of wedlock. In fact, a majority of them in Certain Groups in our culture are being born out of wedlock. There is only one parent there. And we know how difficult it is to raise children with two parents but with one, it gets particularly difficult. We need to look at the values that our culture has, in general and think about what impact they are having, longterm on our society. About highquality, universal pay to improve the gap in the country . A think tank here in washington said should that happen, they said that compared to white peers, africanamerican children or hispanics are often up to nine or 10 months behind in math when they enter kindergarten. Orsare powerful predictor later School Success in children. Children who go to school already behind are unlikely to catch up. Guest well, i would encourage you to quote some conservative think tanks occasionally when you coat when you quote statistics. Those are broad statements that are not held up a research. Thatesearch clearly shows students are held at the beginning of the career and education, may be in first or second grade, and all of the goes. T universal preschool care is very expensive and we know that it has not worked. We have tried and tried. We have spent over 3 trillion on a title i reading programs since 1965. The war on poverty began in 1965 and we have not reached an Achievement Level in reading in this country one bit. So it is money that will solve this problem. It isnt more Government Programs. Parentse involvement of and students taking responsibility for education. I grew up in an era when so many people were poor that there were no Government Programs and yet, we understood that to succeed in life, one needed to get a good education. I grew up in a house with no electricity or Running Water and you dont find people like that anymore. Many of my friends were like that. So again, it is a colts will that we are dealing with, not a monetary issue. Congresswoman, thank you very much for this. We appreciate you talking about these education issues. Guest thank you for inviting me and thank you to everyone who called. Host we will continue to have this on washington journal today as kids return to school. We are asking all of you out there, what changes would you make to education policy . We will continue with phone ofls and await the arrival representative luke messer. We will get his thoughts on education. Jose in illinois, what do you think . Toler i think that we have stop blaming congress and the government. We want our kids to be better. We have to help them. Host how do you help them . Caller we need to help them. First, tell them what is good and what is bad. We have to help them. Let me give you an example. I talked to my son from the age of 1115. Yes, i want to be somebody that will do something good. But right now, he is 18 years old and he is in university. Be 16. Hter is going to to go tos already college but this is one of the problems. About what lot college is about but Teachers Group andis is your you have to be with this group. Got, all ofde you you have the same grade. Fromhat is stopping her having good grades. Is ready to go into college, if the other guys got a c, she will get a c. Host of, we will leave that there. We will go back to capitol hill. More calls coming up. But first, representative luke messer is at the rotunda this morning. He is a member of the education and Workforce Committee. Education is something you focus on quite a bit. Guest good morning. School choices is the concept that everyone in america has the opportunity to go to a great school. We have School Choice in america if you are wealthy enough to afford it. If you can afford to center kids the saidchool reality is that if you send your school, a local public i might not have the kind of opportunity where they have the chance to succeed. Traditionally, School Choice has been focused on the state level. We spend billions of dollars on education and the federal government. Your prior guest did mention that, trillions of dollars over time. Dollars each year. And my ideas to take the title i allow families to decide how they want to spend it at the school of their choice. Host does that not take money away from Public Schools . Is, does, the question it take money away from students who go to Public Schools. And that is what the money is for. The money is not for the institution. Families who have been empowered , 300,000 kids in indiana now go to some kind of alternative schools,ocal charter Magnet Schools, Virtual Schools run through the Public School program, and also some private schools. From my perspective, money is better spent when parents decide how it can be spent. Host should these Charter Schools be regulated by federal government . Guest i think it is important to say that my idea is not to create a federal department of School Choice. What i want to do is devolve the existing federal education bureaucracy by taking those allow them to use federal money to supplement that. In my approach, existing state regulatory regimes of Higher Education would continue to exist. We want to make sure our kids go to a great will. I just dont think a federal that is 1000 miles away from many kids across the country is the best way to do it. Host we are asking viewers to call in with their ideas of how to improve the Education System in this country. Ask you about School Choice and other areas as well. Barbara in oklahoma, you are up first. Caller yes, i was reading in the newspaper about it at school and what the school did, they took a way all the computers and calculators at anything electronic. To teaching the old ways. The parents were very upset. They didnt even have a computer at home or a calculator at home. And they told them, if you dont like it, take your kid out of school. The newspaper said the kids were better discipline and they were making better grades. They were more focused on what they were learning. Rather than on a computer or a calculator or Something Like that. So it sounds like we have to go back to the old way of teaching. Guest well, the color makes a couple of important points. One comment the answer to the challenges and education is some the same of block and tackling basics that has been part of education for hundreds or thousands of years. I think the caller highlights the importance of innovation and creating a system where parents think and decide where dollars are directed. Innovative teachers can decide how to shape the future of our kids. And we will learn along the way in that system that allows that kind of innovation. Host harry in georgia. Welcome. Go ahead. Caller good morning, thanks. I am a parent. And they are kids all into the 30s now. I was involved in their schools. We need to teach is the true history of the 20th century. Revisionist history being imposed on us by the republicans and the talkshow host that the government is the problem. Through the 20th century, the u. S. Government eradicated mosquitoes in the south so you no longer had malaria. Tba to extend virginiaty into where foxx grew up and didnt have it as a child. They bought telephones into the rural places. When we came out of world war ii, they had the g. I. Bill that rated about a marginal tax and eisenhower kept it there because he wanted to build schools and he had to fight the cold work and he wanted to build the interstate highway system. All of which is what made America Great in the first place. And now we are talking about making America Great again . And talkshow host stellas, this is the america i grew up in and no. Its not. You have cut taxes down to the point where you cannot pay for all of the things that people need. Guest well, listen. Parts of what the caller said, i have to agree with. There have been great achievements through government over the courses of our history. Frankly, therty, education policy has started and stopped with the idea of abolishing the department of education. The constitution does it anything about Social Security or medicare either, for example but those programs are good for americans. So i do think some of the rhetoric has gotten heated. That do not buy the idea the idea of what makes America Great is more government. Is not toe best way americansmoney from into the hands of a few socalled geniuses. I would mention to your collar that American History also includes great innovators like edison and forward and Alexander Graham bell and bill gates, the founder of facebook individual americans who have brought incredible achievements to this world through the private system of capitalist freedom. Have bridges to and roads and a Strong National defense. All of those require a government to execute them. But we also need a place that is free. And i think maintaining america as the free is planted in the world is a great part of the future. Michael in grand rapids, michigan. A teacher. Caller i really have a few things i want to touch on quickly about the idea of taking and sending money back to the states. Doing iseems to be reinforcing the old confederate division of sending money back , and some states could ignore education, as they have especially done especially for minorities. And i live in michigan and we are seeing it right here in , congress is taking over the state. We voted against the emergency manager and yet republicans came in and forced the emergency manager on the state of detroit on the state and detroit. Thateople often say democrats destroyed detroit schools but no. No. The republican governor, congress and Supreme Court has been destroying the state of michigan. One of the most corrupt states in the union and our educational system has dropped to the bottom, based on republican control of our state of education. Guest the caller highlights one of the big debates we have in the nation, do we need a giant, powerful, federal government to protect us from our own local leaders . . R are we better off if it is spent locally and groups in detroit to elect leaders and decide what they want. I am not for michigan and im not from detroit but everything i understand about the circumstances there is that there is plenty of lame to go around that that decades of poor management by local leaders in detroit is why detroit is bankrupt. Not of because of outsiders who somehow solved or brought problems for them. Now, how do we make sure that individuals who live in detroit today the kids who lived in detroit who had nothing to do with the problems, continue to have opportunities to succeed. I think we cant keep doing things the same way in detroit or in other places across america. And we need to be doing everything we can to take these billions of dollars that are being spent, because it is real money, and put it in the hands of appearance to a trust to look out for their kids. Host josie, a parent. Caller hi, i had a quick comment about what i think is to integrateant into our Education System. Education is really important and we need to start teaching our kids about how to be involved with the local state legislation, how to understand words that are used in the laws that are created. Truth, you tell you the kids leave high School Without even knowing the basic laws of their community. And that is unfortunate because you have people there who want to get involved and there is a distance between them and what needs to be done to make these changes. Guest i couldnt agree more. We have many big public debates on policy here. This nation, throughout history, cannot survive a loss of faith in the system. That somehow, your voice doesnt matter or you can make a difference. Some of that belief comes from not understanding the system and not understanding how to be an advocate and not understanding our history. So there is a lot more that needs to be done. The best way to start to fix it is to empower parents and families and make sure that every kid in america has a chance to move forward. Host brian in ohio, a parent. Caller i hope you all are having a great day so far. Live in a Great Community with great schools. Had my granddaughter, she is only in first grade, she guys me what is on that hat . And she was referring to donald trump, make America Great again. And that same day i happened to be watching the american heroes channel, each i think everybody should watch so that we dont repeat history, which we seem to being a good job of doing that now. And hitlers, when he came to power, he said he was going to and the fatherland great again. And i didnt think anything of it at the time. That withaddens me is now,tringent School System she can read some words. We have a Summer Reading program. Both of my boys went through it. And it helps them tremendously. They got up to par reading wise and they have no problems. Icas gangslem that. N every bit of society you have people in washington and the pentagon. Host our time is short with the congressman, so could you get to your weight . Caller that is what i was getting too. Most of those are predominately they have had a great education growing up. But when these kids are living in the innercity and they have to deal with gangs on a daily basis, that stops them, take time. Problem. Ings are a big the number one thing a parent wants to know about their child when they go to school is that they will be safe when they are there. They can come home safely, as well. I dont believe any kid in america should be forced to go to a school where they are not safe. To michigan, welcome to the conversation. Caller thank you. I have a cold. Im sorry. Guest i have one too. Caller summer colds, not fun. I am a graduate student. I am a massage therapist and acupuncturist in grand rapids. I am riddled with Student Loan Debt. I graduated four years ago with almost 200,000 of Student Loan Debt. I knew that was going to occur but at the time, my Interest Rate was set at 6. 9 and the even have one at 8. 9 . And in the four years since graduating, the interest has grown to over 30,000. And i feel very helpless and hopeless and i pray and wish that this Interest Rate would be lowered or forgiven. Im trying to help people and change health care for the better. And working with people to get responsibility for health and doing things through lifestyle and diet. I dont want to die in debt. I want to help people and i want to have freedom and i want to help the world be a better place. And i live in a state where i cant practice without an md supervision so that curbs my income potential. I couldnt even find that for about a year after work. So that just cause my debt to increase further. So i urge you to push for the student Debt Forgiveness and even for the Interest Rate to be forgiven. Guest well, thank you for your work and passion. And for your desire to serve. The problem with student loan is crushing hundreds of thousands of people across the country. Is of the real challenges for folks who accumulate Student Loan Debt and then drop out of school. I have debt and not even a has value in the marketplace. So i think more needs to be done. Think we can just forgive Student Loan Debt. It was debt that was accumulated and folks knowingly knew that an expense that was part of their education but i do think there is more that we can do. At Indiana University they came a way to make sure that how year, a student new much that they were accumulating. And what they found over a few years is that borrowing declined when students knew how much it was. Students have Student Loan Debt and some dont even know that they have it. I think theres more we can do that. Ourage i believe that if an employer wants to provide a program to help pay you off a Student Loan Debt, maybe a similar way to a 401 k , we can allow it. The bottom line is that the caller is right. That is basedem on assumptions that in todays world are not working. We need to decide what folks can do to make sure folks can go to a college that the training they for thehave skills marketplace but also art accumulating tens of thousands of dollars of debt. Host congressman, thank you so much for your time. Thank you for talking to our viewers about education issues. That was representative luke messer on capitol hill. We will be in open phones for the remainder of todays washington journal. Policy. Out any public including education. There are the phone numbers on your screen. Democrats, 202 7488000. Republicans, 202 7488001. Independent line, 202 7488002. Host lets hear from lewis in california. Caller good morning. I want to make a comment about politics, itself. Our people in this country the government always will be beingd not tolerate attacked for their business when it comes to managing money in this country. When it comes to managing money in this country, you dont need the lobbyists. You need your government. The richest five of this country is to dominate. Other culture should be supporting these highpaying lobbyists to cannot relate and cannot manage. They have their local people who have enough education to work and represent their own states. It is nothing but money dominated and it is interfering with common decency. All of these institutional practices. Host finish your thought. Caller when all of these groups and controversy pretend as if no person in this country is good enough to represent their own districts, you dont need to pay all of these rich, republican lobbyists to keep dividing us and conflicting peoples best interests. Host all right, sam from california. Yes, i was originally calling in to comment on the education policy. I will continue my thoughts there. Even though the congressman is no longer there. I grew up in a country where there was a lot of emphasis on high quality standards for education and high school. Now, before the cashier can bring it up, i tell her what it is. If it is a teenager, they dont know how i do it. But it is normal in other countries. So i think we need to raise the education standard. My son is in college now. On the value placed education. I think that is missing in this country. Host let me tell you about our coverage today. Hillary clinton is holding a News Conference with reporters ahead of her Campaign Stop in North Carolina. We are showing that live on cspan. Org if you want to tune listen. She is taking questions from reporters, as well. On capitol hill today there is a hearing about the payment to beforehe cash payment the House Financial Services committee. We will have coverage on cspan3 at 10 00 a. M. Eastern. There also is a hearing focusing on the state department. There is a freedom of information act request that has been made. So there is a hearing on that and Community Leaders are peaking at 1 00 p. M. And earlier today, president obama held a conference in laos. And we have that as well on our website. Bridget, a republican. Good morning. Caller good morning. I want to comment on the education policies. My children both go to a choice school. And i am having difficulties with the school bus transportation. And they no longer can ride the school bus so i contacted the senator. Nobody seems to do anything about it. Even though in the contract for Charter Schools, my children can ride the bus but nobody seems to do anything about that. I dont understand why they have a different contract than Public Schools. Because they are a Public School. You could reach out to congressman luke messers office on capitol hill and see if they have a suggestion for you about this. It is something he focuses on a lot. Selected bylso been donald trump to work on the issues for him. So you might want to reach out to the congressman. There is a story on the front about thea today anniversary of the september 11 terrorist attacks. The mystery of the 9 11 flag has been solved. Ofce that photo was taken firefighters from brooklyn lifting up the flag at the world flags locationhe has been a mystery until tuesday. The memorial and museum announced that it had been turned over in Washington State by a man whose identity remains unknown and it will be unveiled at the museum on thursday area a man named brian dropped off the at a fire station in contacted, and police them and received High Resolution images that helped the flag. Police determine the authenticity. Bessie in tennessee. Good morning. Caller good morning. I would like to make a comment i am disabled and i cant seem to get the armed education to give me disability under loan specifications. I went to school late and i i will106,000 never repay that. I am paying it for all these years. I cannot convince the people in disability that i am disabled. They ignore it. That Social Security says i was disabled and the doctor says 2001. And that is the kind of grief i get when i try to talk to them. Host good morning. Morning, i do have a complaint about something. Congressman luke messer was right about local control. I am on the Elementary School board and my wife is on the high school board. The most depressing thing for both of us is that we dont see the community there. We want the public to come to these meetings. They complain among themselves in the Grocery Stores but they dont come to the meetings. So the school board makes decisions without knowing what the parents always want. And finally, our local districts, we both have obsolete computers. There now giving them to public whereas before they were being sold to business people, being refurbished. So id like to get the message out there to come to the School Board Meeting and tell us what you need. Tell us what you think is necessary. They areancisco, considering taking the name of George Washington off a school because he is no longer relevant. But that is a founding father. Again, please spread the word about coming to School Board Meetings. Keep cspan on the air because i have learned so much. Thank you. Host that is our goal. We hope we are informing you and that you are learning something by tuning in and watching. Works. Ow washington the house will be gaveling in. Republicans and democrats over a monthked in long impasse over how to fund these egov virus funding. In the senate, both parties are working on a shortterm bill that would Fund Operations through december 9 at current funding levels, undercutting conservatives in the house who want to see if ill last into the new Administration Next year. Are so far apart in the stalemate over funds to combat the gut, republicans say any new zika virus money should be offset and suggest tapping into ebola money. Democrats are filibustering a package now, they want the money to flow to the zika virus and planned parenthood. Rob in west virginia. We have a couple of minutes left here. In regards to the two andidential candidates now on the stage in human history, i like to say that we need to take a step back and give both of them a real chance to explain themselves. As far as their statements and policies. We need to give them an opportunity to really sell us on the idea of who will be the better commander in chief and president of the United States. Host did you watch last night . The commander in chief for them . Caller no, i didnt. Jersey, ao to new democrat. Help me with your name . You are on the air. Caller thank you. Host go ahead. Caller good morning. I would like to talk about the education program. We have half a century talked about a deficit in the Education System. However, nothing concrete has come. [indiscernible] issa just a solution. I have to leave it there. The house is about to gavel in here. We bring you up to capitol hill for live coverage here on cspan. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers room, september 8, 2016. I hereby appoint the honorable carl fleischmann to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, paul d. Ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 5, 2016, the chai