Commissioner cohen is expected later. Commissioner meiberger. Commissioner bridges is on her way. Commissioner driscoll, exhibitioner makras, commissioner stansbury. A quorum is present. Thank you mr. Secretary. First on the agenda is a private session regarding investments. The chair will entertain do you want Public Comment first . How do you want it . First well talk Public Comment to go into private session. Members of the public, shall have the opportunity to address the board on this item. The items are investment items to be discussed in closed session. Any member of the public like to address the board at this time . Hearing none, the chair will entertain a motion to go into closed session. Second. Moved and seconded in closed session. All in favor say aye. Any opposed . The aye have it. So with that note, i raise the quorum. Weve already done the pledge of allegiance. Weve have a quorum here. Let me call the meeting into session. Well start with item number four, which is gene
Experimentation candidly happening at the local level across the country. So, you know, we have m. I. T. Media lab working with the Boston Public School district on all sorts of Different Technology programs that theyre doing, longitudinal tracking study of, whether its working with certain clusters of schools to have everything be moved to tablets and then kids having the right to take those tablets home and those being kind of wifi accessible and so they can also learn, explore on their own while still doing their home work to iowa, building kind of networks of teachers who are really interested in helping to ensure that girls engage in the sciences and stay engaged in the sciences. Kind of aggregating together middle school and High School Teachers to support the same girls as they transition from middle school to high school who have shown and expressed interest and kind of aptitude in the maths and sciences. So, we have so much innovation happening. Some which is built around tech
The committee will come to order. Todays hearing is on president obamas budget for fiscal year 2017. I particularly want to thank secretary lew for providing for appearing before us this morning and providing his time for us. While there are some hints about some of the details in advance, Congress Officially received the president s Budget Proposal yesterday. And as has been the case particularly under this administration, what we received was not a practical vision for the future. Weve going to have to have order here. As has too often been the case, what we received was a not a practical vision for the future but designed to sewuency constituencies. He looks to raise taxes on hard working americans, including some special new regressive taxes that are being packaged as, quote, fees unquote. With all the revenue going to fuel expanded government and spending that is being sold to the public as, quote, investment, unquote. No matter what terms people want to use, this budget once agai
About the president s 2017 budget. He answered questions about puerto ricos debt crisis, tax code reform and a proposal for a new tax on oil. This is two hours, ten minutes. The committee will come to order. Todays hearing is on president obamas budget for fiscal year 2017. I particularly want to thank secretary lew for providing for appearing before us this morning and providing his time for us. While there are some hints about some of the details in advance, Congress Officially received the president s Budget Proposal yesterday. And as has been the case particularly under this administration, what we received was not a practical vision for the future. Weve going to have to have order here. As has too often been the case, what we received was a not a practical vision for the future but designed to sewuency constituencies. He looks to raise taxes on hard working americans, including some special new regressive taxes that are being packaged as, quote, fees unquote. With all the revenue
Way. Yesterday we made progress advancing two of the major components of the u. N. Resolution. The trucks are lined up. The permissions are being granted. They should flow today or tomorrow. In the wee hours of friday morning, we agreed that the sustained delivery of humanitarian aid will begin this weekend. First to the areas where it is most urgently needed, then all those in need throughout the country, particularly in the besieged areas. The u. N. Has said that the trucks are loaded and ready to go. We established a task force which has met already for the first time in a geneva, and will report regularly on the progress to guarantee the delivery of this aid. The issg also agreed to implement a nationwide cessation of hostilities to begin in one weeks time. Why a week . For the simple reason that the modalities have to be worked out. And people have to be communicated to in order to not have it start with failure. This will apply with any and all parties within syria, with the exce