good afternoon, everyone. i m bianna golodryga. welcome to cnn newsroom. i m victor blackwell. it s good to have you. more than 9 million votes across the country already been cast. election day just two weeks away now. not two days away. two weeks away. and the pressure s on for the candidates to win over every voter. it s especially high in pennsylvania. tonight democrat john fetterman will face off against republican mehmet oz in perhaps the most anticipated debate of the election season. it s also the only chance for pennsylvanians to see the candidates argue the issues side by side. in a 50-50 senate pennsylvania is one of the races democrats hope to gain to retain power over the chamber. many voters there have already made up their minds, though. nearly 640,000 people have already turned in ballots. cnn s jessica dean is in harrisburg, pennsylvania. jessica, give us a preview of tonight s debate. reporter: well, bianna, you really just outlined how critical this
The chair declares the committee in recess subject to the call of the chair. Well reconvene in five minutes. Thank you. All guests should remain prohibited by title six of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Dissent is essential to democracy. But dissent must never lead to disorder, or denying the right of others the committee will reconvene and come to order following our recess. Ms. Fernandez, youre recognized for five minutes. Thank you so, madam chairwoman, and thank you so much secretary cardona for being here today for keeping the focus. I keep seeing you keeping the poe focus on the issue of education, because we know that education is both the foundation of our democracy, as well as the path for prosperity for our families. Now i wanted to give you the time to answer a bit about the question that came up earlier. You really werent given the time, or im sorry, the respect to be able to explain the authorities that you have under the Higher Education act, to forgive Student Loans. And
Democracy. But dissent must never lead to disorder, or denying the right of others the committee will reconvene and come to order following our recess. Ms. Fernandez, youre recognized for five minutes. Thank you so, madam chairwoman, and thank you so much secretary cardona for being here today for keeping the focus. I keep seeing you keeping the poe focus on the issue of education, because we know that education is both the foundation of our democracy, as well as the path for prosperity for our families. Now i wanted to give you the time to answer a bit about the question that came up earlier. You really werent given the time, or im sorry, the respect to be able to explain the authorities that you have under the Higher Education act, to forgive Student Loans. And that authority was given to the department through the Higher Education act. Would you like to take do a Quick Response to why you are acting in this with the guardian Student Loans and the authority youre doing it . Well, wer
Minutes. Thank you. All guests should remain in seats until the witness is allowed to leave the room. So the committee stands in recess. The committee will reconvene and come to order following our recess. You are recognized for five minutes. Thank you so much madam chairwoman. Thank you so much a secretary at cardona for being here today. For keeping the focus i know it has been hard theres a lot of questions asked but i keep seeing you keeping the focus on education. Because we know education is the foundation of our democracy as well as the path for prosperity for our families. Now, i wanted to give you the time to answer a bit about the question that came up earlier. You were really not given the time i am sorry the respect to be able to explain the authorities that you have and the under the Higher Education to forgive student loan. And that authority was given to the department to the Higher Education act. Would you like to take a Quick Response to why you are acting regarding St
Nothing or hear nothing the difficulty of tracing and stopping this kind of violation of rights is all the higher. Its extraordinarily difficult. When there are no internal processes we will get the not clear report on the audit. This morning on capitol hill education secretary Miguel Cardona is set to testify on College Campus protests. Hes appearing before the committee on his department policy. The committee on Education Workforce will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to call recess at any time. Mr. Secretary, i was truly excited when your named secretary with your background. You know i have told you that. However, you have not lived up to your potential. The educational decline is not without warning. Upon your confirmation i issued a press release saying, the Teachers Union and leftwing special Interest Groups are keeping our schools closed despite the serious consequences for students academic success and Mental Health. Serious consequences may have been