Senate committee on Health Education and pensions will please come to order. Im usually on time and excuse me for being late. We reauthorize a Higher Education act. Today were looking at ways to simplify the free application for student aid or fafsa to make it easier for students to apply for federal Financial Aid. Well introduce the witnesses and after your testimony senators will have five minutes of questions. Senators may be coming and going because of the tax bill. Nearly four years ago in a hearing before this committee an unusual thing happened. Four witnesses from diverse back grntds agreed that almost all of the 108 questions on the free application for federal student aid or fafsa are unnecessary. The fafsa is the government form 20 million families fill out every year to qualify for it federal aid that helps nearly 20 Million Students attend universities. Weve spent a lot of time holding this to remind people of all it questions even though most people fill it out online. Th
Right now . Christmas is ten days away which means we only get to hear that mariah cara song 75,000 times. [ laughter ] it occurred to me last night as i was putting my daughter to bed that the little drummer boy, you know the little drummer boy, this kid brought drums into a babys room. He just strolls in, shall i play my drums for you . Completely unacceptable. Where were this little drummer easiest boys parents when this was going on . My daughters 3. They had their holiday performance for preschool. Her class is called the ladybugs. The ladybugs perform two songs. Here comes suzie snowflake, which is just a terrible song. [ laughter ] and a hanukkah song that was even no one has ever heard this song before or will ever hear it again, i dont know where it came from. We got there early in the morning. My motherinlaw drove an hour and a half to see her do these songs. Not only didnt jane, my word of either song, she cried. The whole time. She didnt sing, she didnt dance, she didnt do
[ laughter ] it occurred to me last night as i was putting my daughter to bed that the little drummer boy, you know the little drummer boy, this kid brought drums into a babys room. He just strolls in, shall i play my drums for you . Completely unacceptable. Where were this little drummer easiest boys parents when this was going on . My daughters 3. They had their holiday performance for preschool. Her class is called the ladybugs. The ladybugs perform two songs. Here comes suzie snowflake, which is just a terrible song. [ laughter ] and a hanukkah song that was even no one has ever heard this song before or will ever hear it again, i dont know where it came from. We got there early in the morning. My motherinlaw drove an hour and a half to see her do these songs. Not only didnt jane, my daughter, sing at all, a single word of either song, she cried. The whole time. She didnt sing, she didnt dance, she didnt do any of the moves, she stood there and cried for six minutes. Then i picked
Of vladimiritic putin discusses russias influence in the u. S. And other countries. Washington journal is next. Returning to the Legal Framework that covered the president rom clintons announcement in 1996 to 2015 is not going to destroy the internet. It is not going to and the internet as we know it. High the fcc chair a jeep pai reversing regulations from the Obama Administration, known as Net Neutrality. Ahead on the washington journal, we will begin with your calls and comments, your reaction, and mean for you. All eyes on Congress Next week with the expected vote on that republican tax bill, but new concerns this morning from the hill. Com. Obstacles emerge as the gop races to the tax finish. We will be talking about all of these, but we want to get your reaction to the secs fcc cs repeal of Net Neutrality. If you support the measure, call us at 202 7488000. If you oppose, 202 7488001. We want to begin with what a of what Net Neutrality is and the impact of yesterdays 32 decision.
Mariah cara song 75,000 times. [ laughter ] it occurred to me last night as i was putting my daughter to bed that the little drummer boy, you know the little drummer boy, this kid brought drums into a babys room. He just strolls in, shall i play my drums for you . Completely unacceptable. Where were this little drummer easiest boys parents when this was going on . My daughters 3. They had their holiday performance for preschool. Her class is called the ladybugs. The ladybugs perform two songs. Here comes suzie snowflake, which is just a terrible song. [ laughter ] and a hanukkah song that was even no one has ever heard this song before or will ever hear it again, i dont know where it came from. We got there early in the morning. My motherinlaw drove an hour and a half to see her do these songs. Not only didnt jane, my daughter, sing at all, a single word of either song, she cried. The whole time. She didnt sing, she didnt dance, she didnt do any of the moves, she stood there and cried