Research tract faculty. There are jobs in industry, journalist, many where needed and we want to be sure people find the right match for themselves. We have started new programs, an early independence award which im excited about which allows a talented phd to skip the post doc and go to an independent position. I go to the presentations each year and its the most exciting day of the year because of their vision and their ideas. Similarly we have this new award where you cant apply if youve previously had a grant and your valentines day has to be out of the box, a little wacky for you to be allowed to apply for that proposal mechanism. And when we look at the output it has been truly impressive. All that is great but of course it doesnt solve the main problem we have which is this loss in purchasing power for research. We can try to balance things as best we can, protect those young investigators. We can only go so far. I appreciate that. And resources are obviously key to this as well
Se, and guess what happened . Labor force increased over the past year and we have not taken credit for that at all. Charter schools we owned the Charter Schools revolution. We were the 51st state to pass on in maryland. The Teachers Union and the entrenched bureaucracy in a completely not completely, but many schools by any measure dysfunction. Mainly minority kids, brown and black kids being deprived as Constitutional Rights and as lawyers many to Pay Attention to this. We have taken this issue and brought this revolution around the country and we are allowing poor kids, regardless of their color, to punch their ticket the way our tickets were punched. Many of us from poor workingclass backgrounds and we got a break. And we should be in the business of giving breaks. We should be in the business of all of the above when it comes to dysfunctional schools. I went around the state of maryland at the time and said, you know what . We can talk about all these niceties, but the fact of it
Vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the ayes are 57, the 67, the nays are 32, and the bill is as amend, is passed. Mr. Cardin madam president . The presiding officer the senator from maryland. Mr. Cardin i move to reconsider. And lay on the table. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Cardin madam president . The presiding officer the senator prosecute maryland. Mr. Cardin i would ask consent to speak as if in morning business. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Cardin madam president the presiding officer the senate will come to order. Mr. Cardin madam president , on tuesday evening, president obama in his state of the Union Address made the point that america must be the land of opportunity for all, and he acknowledged, quite frankly, that for many families in this country, the American Dream is just that a dream. And many families have lost hope that their children or grandchildren will be a
Gratitude that we thank you for the privilege of being called americans. With humility, let us realize the responsibility this privilege entails. Let your presence in us be the light that causes this nation to shine bright in the world. Grant your favor, wisdom and protection to our troops here and abroad. Place within our leaders and representatives here in the house and senate. May our president be guided by your truth and our differences let us seek you first. Please give each of us in this place and every citizen of this nation a contrite heart and a willingness to follow your way. N christs name we pray, amen. The speaker pro tempore the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from new york, mr. Higgins. Mr. Higgins i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america indivisible, with libe
Im through my shouldve ugandas president spells out his Foreign Policy abuse after talk with russia, foreign minister, whos in the african country on the latest top of the tour of the continent. Ah, good morning, i am here in moscow from wherever youre watching the program. Welcome. Im Fiorella Isabel with the top stories for this hour. We begin with the latest situation in ukraine where kiya forces launch a barrage of attacks on tuesday against a strategically important bridge in the city of keratin, which is currently under the control of russian forces. Local authority say that the bridge was temporarily closed after the latest, but the cities air Defense Systems had intercepted the earlier missiles. The bridge has previously been struck several times. The incident came after ukraines president confirmed his forces had begun a counter attack in the region. As russia lead forces continue to advance in the don bath, lugens authority, se be our army has taken control of the key, lay go