teachers. in eastern east of eden, john stein beck writes, in the country, the teacher was not only an intellectual para gotten and a social leader but also the matrimonial catch of the country side. a family could indeed walk proudly if a son married the teacher. the average pay for a teacher in america adjusted for inflation has actually declined over the last 15 years while health care has risen substantially. teachers own 60% of what a professor with considerable education does. with low wages and stretched resources. american educators burn out and quit the profession at twice the
good morning. thanks for coming. my name is marty kaplan, i m only the faculty of the adam burg school for communication and journalism at the university of southern california. i m also the founding director of something called the norman lear center whose mission is to study and the shape the impact of entertainment and media on society. if you re interested in the hear center s work, hearcenter.org is the conclusion of my branding message. today is the second of a series of four events here at aha. it s the launch of a partnership whose members are the national history center of the aha and i want to thank roger lewis and jim grossman for being part of initiating this partnership. the leaar center and also at usc the center for communication, leadership and policy which is headed up by my colleague jeffrey cowan. that partnership has a name. it s called historians, journalists and the challenges of getting it right. it starts with the premise that both those professions, h
colleagues. we are hearing the call to get moving on this. with that, we are going to call on senator inhgffe and other colleagues who wish to make a statement prior to any action. thank you, madam chairman. i am really not going to add anything from what i said yesterday. i also want to add to other things. i have a letter here from the senate moderates. there are urging us not to do anything until we receive the analysis from the internal protection agency, and also a letter you have to keep in mind there are six other committees dealing with parts of this proposed legislation. these are the members, the ranking members of each. . of these . telling us why. i only want to say to you, i so regret you weren t here when the e.p.a. was here, senator, because i just could say on behalf of my colleagues who sat through that, they answered every question and they made the point, with such clarity, that the analysis that they have done for this committee and by the way, the rea