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Transcripts For BLOOMBERG Bloombergs Studio 1.0 20240714

To poverty to National Security and, yes, education as well, seeking to make sure we are bringing all the talent to the table for the benefit of us all. On this weeks bloomberg big decisions, Dan Porterfield. Dan porterfield, welcome to bloomberg big decisions. Dan thank you, david. Great to be here. David you have been described as a leader in ensuring access to high achieving low income students for colleges. Take us back to baltimore, maryland. What in the small, young boy of Dan Porterfield led him to that decision . Dan i grew up in Baltimore City in a couple different neighborhoods. One of the neighborhoods, it was my parents, me and my sister, we were pretty much the only white family. And then after my parents divorced, we moved about a mile away, very similar neighborhood. There, there was only white families. And that neighborhood felt like a fine neighborhood. I didnt know it at the time, but it was segregated. Eventually integration came to that neighborhood. A family, i be

Transcripts For CSPAN2 Key Capitol Hill Hearings 20150429

Passage. We have a rare moment for the Senate Foreign Relation Committee and the senate as a whole to demonstrate this. And coming together to demonstrates our ability to give constructive input on one of the most Important National Security Issues of the day and strain our divisive influences in this body and demonstrate our ability to overcome them and show the relevance and Work Together to come together in the best interest of our nation. With that, madam president , i yield the floor. Next, the Supreme Court Court Hears Oral Argument in several samesex marriage cases. Then we open it up to you and later a debate on samesex marriage on todays washington journal. Throughout the day we have been seeing comments from a number viewers. This one from maxwell who says it has been legal in the uk for a while and their society is still entact and no one elses marriages have been ruined. Get the government out of marriage all together. Facebook. Com cspan. And on twitter jennifer who covere

Transcripts For CSPAN3 Key Capitol Hill Hearings 20150430

Screeria nigeria. PasAspen Institute this is an hour. Were Live Streaming this event so tweet at hash tag communities that work. If youre here in the room, please quiet your phone. Third, following the event today well have the application materials for the regions on our web site, thats as. Pm communities that work. Thats going to be going live today. And that is all i need to say from my announcements. But its all my pleasure and thrill to introduce to you jay williams assistant secretary of commerce and he is going to provide a word of welcome and some thoughts about the importance of this work to the Commerce Department. [applause] thank you. Im exceptionally excited to pleased to be with you here today. As we publicly launch the communes that work partnership. This an Important Initiative that will help build the critical Public Private partnerships needed to accelerate Job Skills Development across the nation. I want to thank you as spend institute, for the hospitality and hostin

Transcripts For CSPAN Discussion On Economic Growth 20150502

Live in a highly competitive economy. Why are we making it harder for kids to go to college because the cost of college is off the wall . In countries throughout the world, germany, scandinavia, it costs zero dollars to go to college. They understand it is an investment for the future of the country. I will introduce legislation shortly that will make public colleges and public universities tuition free. That is a good thing for our people and economy. Making it affordable and ending that outrage that so many children are struggling with with this huge student debt, this is about changing National Priorities. You do not give tax breaks to billionaires, you do not spend more than we should on the military, and then tell working families, sorry, your kid cannot go to college. I am very much in favor of changing National Priorities and paying attention to these young people. Free tuition is great, but how do we pay these bills . Bernie i can think of many ways to fund higher education. Ho

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