Ok. I think we better get going. Ok. ] avel pound the committee will come to order. Bill aboutoriginal the tax cuts. This legislation would make a number of important reforms to our nations tax system and relieve the tax burden on the american taxpayers by focusing on middleclass families. In todays market there is a combination of a yearlong tax reform effort. On this committee, both parties have been engaged in this and never which has included the work of multiple chairman from both sides of the aisle and almost every member of our almost every member has participated in this process. Our former chairman was very much engaged as was his counterpart on the republican side and another former chairman senator grassley. Has alsong chairman done a lot of work both as chairman of the committee and as a Longtime Committee member. Others are observed on this committee and most of those now on the committee have done a great gillibrand to advance tax reform. I want to thank all of my colleag
Work or school, you can probably get away without it. Just a couple drizzly drops around early this morning. But things will improve dramatically after lunchtime today. Theres your planner. 30 chance of light rain or drizzle early this morning. Kid do kiddos like her they will be smiling. May not be much recess day, but after school, you betcha. Sunshine coming back at least by 3 00 or 4 00. And sunshine back in the 70s. Lets take a look at Melissa Mollet and traffic. Good morning, were done with the inner loop problem as the truck crashed blocking the right side that is cleared out of the way. The rest of the beltway looks good. I want to show you again, eastbound e street shut down. Because of that on the scene oakmont, lanes blocked. Response on the scene, we showed you pictures from the live desk a couple minutes ago. 270 at montrose, month problems inbound or southbound. Its 5 02. Lets check in by angie goff at the live desk with an electrical problem happening in d. C. This is im
This is on the money. Your life, your future. We begin with the cost of college. Most graduating High School Seniors have picked the school theyll attend this fall. But paying for that education can be a tough lesson in and of itself. Thats this weeks cover story. The price of admission. The cost of Higher Education keeps getting higher. The average tuition alone at a private university exceeds 33,000 a year. And one years tuition at a Public College is nearly 10,000. And thats not even counting room and board which adds another 10,000 to 12,000 per year no matter what school you choose. Tuition and fees have gone up faster than health care costs, new homes and overall inflation. College is a mandatory step if you really want to be a success. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo this year launched a Program Providing Free Public School tuition for middle class families. Just two other states, tennessee and oregon, have similar scholarship programs. According at a time college board, twothird
College. Most graduating High School Seniors have picked the school theyll attend this fall. But paying for that education can be a tough lesson in and of itself. Thats this weeks cover story. The price of admission. The average tuition alone at a private university exceeds 33,000 a year. And one years tuition at a Public College is nearly 10,000. And thats not even counting room and board which adds another 10 to 12,000 per year no matter which school you choose. Tuition and fees have gone up faster than health care costs, new homes and overall inflation. College is a mandatory step if you really want to be a success. Andrew cuomo launched a Program Providing Free Public School tuition for middle class families. Just two other states, tennessee and oregon, have similar scholarship twothirds of students get college aid or scholarship thats dont have to be repaid. The average grant is 8,500. But that covers just part of the cost. Student loan debt is rising faster than credit card and a
All right. I think we are going to go ahead and get started. We are missing aft president randi winegarden. She will be joining us as soon as she gets here. Im the education reporter at u. S. News. Youre at the changing politics of k12 panel discussion. Thank you for being here. Ewa wrangled a pretty awesome panelis panelists. Theres nothing really going on in dc right now, right . I am going to leave the bio to you guys. You can look in the program and see it. I will quickly run down the line here. We are lindsay burke. For those of you who are sort of like outside the beltways here jeffreys is the president of democrats for education reform. He is also a civil rights lawyer. Next to him is marty west. The republican from tennessee. A quick housekeeping note, that is one of the first panels at ewa. Please tweet using so its fair game. Its a little warning. We want you to make news. This is also being live streamed on periscope. Because we have such big task today we want to provide lo