Welcome. Orning and the subcommittee on Higher Education and workforce investment will come to order. We are happy you are here. I know a quorum is present. I want to ask can sense they be permitted to participate in todays hearing with the understanding your questions will come after all members have completed their questions. The committee is eating to hear testimony on engines of economic mobility. The Critical Role of Community Colleges, historically lacked minorities serving and institutions preparing students for success. ,ursuant to Committee Rules Opening Statements are limited to the chair in the Ranking Member and this allows us to hear from our witnesses sooner and provide all members with adequate time to ask questions. I recognize myself now for the purpose of making an opening statement. We will examine the Critical Role of historically black colleges and universities, Tribal Colleges and universities, and committee colleges in providing low income students and students o
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To enable Public Participation sfgovtv is broadcasting live and we will receive public ment for each item on the agenda. Each speaker allowed up to 3 minutes you will hear a chime at 30 seconds. I should hear the hearing live. And you will need to wait for the item you are interested in speak to for Public Comment to be announced. Enter star 3 to raise your hand and once you raised your hand you will hear, you have raised your hand. Wait to speak until the host calls you. When you hear, you are unmuted you can begin speak. If you are joining web ex enter password c pc 2023 and used raised hand icon to ask a question. Call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly and mute volume on your television or computer. In person, lineup on the screen side or to your right. I will ask we silence mobile devices that may sounds off. At this time, i would like to take roll. President tanner. Here. Commissioner braun. Here. Diamond. Here. Imperial. Here. Koppel. Here commissioner ruiz. Here co
To enable Public Participation sfgovtv is broadcasting live and we will receive public ment for each item on the agenda. Each speaker allowed up to 3 minutes you will hear a chime at 30 seconds. I should hear the hearing live. And you will need to wait for the item you are interested in speak to for Public Comment to be announced. Enter star 3 to raise your hand and once you raised your hand you will hear, you have raised your hand. Wait to speak until the host calls you. When you hear, you are unmuted you can begin speak. If you are joining web ex enter password c pc 2023 and used raised hand icon to ask a question. Call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly and mute volume on your television or computer. In person, lineup on the screen side or to your right. I will ask we silence mobile devices that may sounds off. At this time, i would like to take roll. President tanner. Here. Commissioner braun. Here. Diamond. Here. Imperial. Here. Koppel. Here commissioner ruiz. Here co
To enable Public Participation sfgovtv is broadcasting live and we will receive public ment for each item on the agenda. Each speaker allowed up to 3 minutes you will hear a chime at 30 seconds. I should hear the hearing live. And you will need to wait for the item you are interested in speak to for Public Comment to be announced. Enter star 3 to raise your hand and once you raised your hand you will hear, you have raised your hand. Wait to speak until the host calls you. When you hear, you are unmuted you can begin speak. If you are joining web ex enter password c pc 2023 and used raised hand icon to ask a question. Call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly and mute volume on your television or computer. In person, lineup on the screen side or to your right. I will ask we silence mobile devices that may sounds off. At this time, i would like to take roll. President tanner. Here. Commissioner braun. Here. Diamond. Here. Imperial. Here. Koppel. Here commissioner ruiz. Here co