With us. And today, as you know, we are going to examine the president s department of education budget request for fiscal year 2021. As i was reviewing the budget materials, madam secretary, this much was clear to me. That you are seeking to privatize Public Education. I believe, and ive had this conversation before with you, i believe its the wrong direction for our students and for our country. Instead, we ned to be moving toward expanding Public Policies, lake Early Childhood education, that we know helps students to succeed. We see this in our countries around the globe. They are not shrinking public support, but in fact, are expanding it. Ill get more into the consequences of the cuts that you are proposing, but i want to start by examining your privatization philosophy. The false premise on which it is built, and the research that it ignores. Contrary to your claims, the nations Public Education system, which 90 of our children attend, has witnessed significant progress for all
Protection commissioner mark morgan is among the witnesses scheduled to appear before the Senate Commerce aviation subcommittee. Education secretary betsy devos testified on the 2021 budget request, members asked about Public Education resources and nondiscrimination policies. The subcommittee will come to order. Good morning, secretary devos. Welcome to the subcommittee. This is our second Budget Hearing of the year and your forth on hearing with us and we are going to examine the president s the permit of education budget request for fiscal year 2021. As i was reviewing the budget material, this much was clear to me. You are seeking to privatize Public Education. It is the wrong direction for students and our country. We need to be moving toward expanding Public Policies like Early Childhood education. We see this in other countries around the globe. They are not shrinking but standing it. Im getting more into the consequences of the cuts you are proposing. I want to start by examini
The subcommittee will come to order. Good morning, secretary devos. Welcome this morning. Welcome to the subcommittee. This is our second budget hear ing of the year. Today as i was reviewing the budget materials, madam secretary, this much was clear to me. I believe and ive had this conversation before with you, i believe for our student and our country. Instead we need to expand things like childhood education that we know helps students to succeed. We see this in other countries around the globe. They are not shrinking public support but, in fact, are expanding it. Ill get more into the consequences of the cuts you are proposing. But i want to start by examining your privatization philosophy. The full premise on which it is built and the research that it ignores. Contrary to your claims, the nations Public Education system which 90 of our children attend has witnessed significant progress for all groups of students over the last 30 years. Average mathematic scores have improved for
The first public televised hearings in President Trumps impeachment inquiry have got underway in washington, after weeks of testimony behind closed doors. Donald trump is accused of withholding military aid to ukraine an american ally, under threat from russia to pressure ukraines new president into helping him politically in next years us president ial election. The impeachment inquiry has the potential to remove mr trump from office. He denies any wrongdoing. Our north america editor jon sopel has been watching. History in the house. This is like the super bowl for politics, the day the impeachment hearings go public. And coast to coast, all the Us Tv Networks are gearing up for the unfolding drama that could be the decisive moment of the trump presidency. And early this morning, in the white house residence, the light is on and the tweets are angry. In the committee room, its a scrum, an hour before the hearing gets under way. First up was this man, george kent. He is a Senior State
So welcome to the annual lecture. Featuring our special guest general david berger in the marine corps. He is a true american patriot, he is making very exciting changes to the recorder and he is here to share with you. We are honored to have him here to hear his insights and to see what the future holds for the marine corps. We would like to think the sponsor for this event James Mcginley who makes a series of lectures possible. The annual colonel lecture always features an distinguished speaker talking about the topics of national security. In the past we have welcomed david hansen senator jon kyl and james mattis, a distinguished list and were very happy to have another distinguished speaker here today. The Foundation Also partners with the Marine Corps University foundation to host this event. And Lieutenant General Richard Mills who is the president and ceo of the Marine Corps University foundation. General mills enjoyed a 40 year career at the marine corps and led marines all aro