This event also included remarks from Vice President pence, kellyanne conway, and education secretary betsy devos. Thank you very much. Were here to talk about opening our schools. We have some of our Great Teachers and parents in a very representative group, and we also have some extraordinary experts with us. I like to maybe start off by asking our Vice President to say a few words, and then if you would, betsy and kelly and. We will go around and talk to some of the parents and teachers, and thank you all for being here very much. Thank you, mr. President. I want to thank all of the educators and leaders who are here. And part of the conversation. President trump made it clear from the time that we made our way through the difficult days of 45 days to slow the spread, the president said we want to work with states to open up america again. Weve got to open up american schools. At the president s direction, we have literally provided billions of dollars already to states to begin to
Explain how. Guest if you go back to 1980, and you were thinking about the future of americas cities, you would have seen, potentially, a very bleak future. That was the time when, particularly our urban cores, cities like new york city and los angeles, were in the middle of a bona fide crisis. You had seen years of deindustrialization ravage the working and middleclass publishings of those cities, and you had seen an enormous middleclass flight to other regions entirely. That was very hard on the Fiscal Foundation of the cities and also the civic life of those cities. But then, in fact, you saw a tremendous renaissance over the subsequent decades. That renaissance was not even. You did not see it in every single American City, but you did see it in a handful of cities that had a renaissance in governance. The Manhattan Institute, where im president , was very deeply involved in an urban renaissance but one thing we have been arguing for some years is that, wait a second, everyone. We
Pretty well, you might have been left with a question in your minds what was the legacy of world war i for American Society . Now the politics of the United States definitely veered to the right during the 1920s. Republican president s, fairly conservative ones were electedly landslides, 1920, 1924, and 1928. Congress was under the control of the republicans throughout the 1920s. With support of congress, republican president s signed bills which rolled back the income tax increases that were passed during world war i. And the leading social movements on the left, labor unions and the socialist party, both lost members during the war. In fact, the socialist party was never really a factor in american politics again after the 1920 election. And people on the left, generally, whether people we consider to be liberals, former progressives or radicals were theon the defensive during 1920s. The most popular president in the 1920s, Calvin Coolidge who took office in 1923, when harding died o
But is important for children and families. He ended with a threat. May cut off funding if not open. And just yesterday, he said, quote, my view is the schools should open. He this thing is going away. It will go away like things go away and my view is that schools should be open. The president views the decision about how to reopen schools as a political dispute about his own reelection. And to paraphrase his press secretary, he is refusing to let science stand in the way. I fundamentally disagree with that approach. Schools must reopen based on science and the safety of our children and teachers, notf politics and wishful thinking. I do agree with the president that schools are critically important for children and families. My first job after i graduated from college was as a High School History teacher. My wife was a school librarian. At this time of year, i remember the anticipation as the start of school would come into focus. Two of my grandchildren are schoolage, and i know the
Dr. Anthony fauci says u. S. Coronavirus cases continue to surge because parts of the country did not follow cdc guidelines when they reopened. While European Countries have seen sharp declines. He was joined by other Health Experts testifying before a house panel. Talking] rep. Clyburn good morning. Let me welcome everybody. Today our select subcommittee is holding a hybrid hearing, where some members will appear in person and others will appear remotely via webex. Since some are appearing in person, let me first remember to everyone pursuant to the latest guidelines by the house attending physicians, all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a Face Covering. Members who are not wearing a Face Covering are not permitted to remain in the hearing room and will not be recognized to speak. Let me also make a few reminders about hybrid hearings. At once and what is known as webex as grid view mode. On the other monitor, you will see each person speaking during the hearing