Foundation for research on equal opportunity. Gentlemen, welcome to both of you. Tell us a bit about the foundation for research on equal opportunities. Guest its a nonprofit nonpartisan think tank focused on using marketbased solutions to lower the costofliving for everyday americans. Host in the center for American Progress . Guest we are a nonpartisan nonprofit focused on building things like inclusive economy, tackling racial injustice, climate change, and of course, education. Host here is the article from nbc news, Biden Announces New plans for Student Debt Relief for millions. Millions. This is the second attempt, so whats different this time . Guest the plan this time, plan b, focuses on categories of borrowers unlike the broadbased options the president first pursued and announced in 2022. Or at least that was proposed. This time, you know, the first group of borrowers centers on those who have been paying interest or have been paying more than what they took out because of in
Comments live. Then Alex Rouhandeh talks about news of the day on capitol hill, including the delay by House Republicans and bringing articles of impeachment against Homeland Security secretary Alejandra Mayorkas to the senate. And then jared bass with the center for American Progress and Christian Cooper of the foundation for research on equal opportunity to talk about President Bidens revised student loan forgiveness plan. Also, lisa curtis, Program Director for the indo pacific on the japanese Prime Ministers u. S. Visit, and the Security Alliance between the two countries in the face of threats from china. Washington journal starts now. Host good morning. Wednesday, april 10. Yesterday, the Arizona Supreme Court imposed a near total ban on abortion, citing an 1864 law that forbids the procedure except his ailing mothers life. It also punishes providers with six years of prison time. The first halfhour, we will get your reaction to the arizona ruling. Publicans, 202 7488001. Republi
We will leave it here to go live to a discussion on youth sentencing reform with liz ryan, focusing on a decline in youth crime. This is live coverage on cspan. This discussion is important. You will your from the smartest people i know, partners in our work and they are each facing their own challenges in reforming our deeply flawed you Justice System. And is a hopeful system. You all know we are joined by our friend liz ryan, the administrator of the office of juvenile justice and prevention, we have not only an expert in this but someone who cares deeply about all of our kids. I regularly talk to people, advocates, legislators, public defenders, reporters, who repeat the same story about the fear of crime, specifically youth crime influencing the prospect of reform. It is tough out there. It is always tough but things feel different right now. We are going to be joined by my colleagues at the sentencing project, Senior Research fellow dave mantell who will mandel who will share some
Economic growth, the opposite, because you have people who are now going to be freed up to go borrow money to buy a home. To start businesses and do the things that need to be done. I found it fascinating that some of the folks who were talking about this is a big spending, is the same people that got 158,000 dollars in ppp money, including the what surname, that woman who believes anyway, a whole lot of republicans got a lot of money. In the same people criticizing. So i think its a good thing, it frees a lot of people up, its going to build the economy. We still have a way to go, but im optimistic. Mr. President , have you spoken to any of the family members of the 13 soldiers who died in afghanistan . President biden not today, but i have spoken to them. To President Trump the documents . President biden whether he declassified everything in the world, im president , come on. Not going to, because i dont know the details and i dont want to know. Do you need to be briefed on it . Mr.
Federal benefit. President biden hey folks, or good afternoon. We became the best educated public in the world. Ted public in the world and better prepared than any other nation and i would argue that it is one of the reasons why we were so successful and have been so successful. As you have observed, other nations have caught up and in the 21st century, i think the vast majority of americans, 12 years of universal education is not enough. They were going to be outcompeted by the rest of the world. Here is the deal. Across Education Beyond High School has gone up significantly and the cost to attend the public for your anniversary has tripled in 40 years. Four Year Anniversary has tripled in 40 years. United states has cut back for their State University and leaving students to pick up more of the tab. 450 years, pell grant have been a key way for the federal government to help lower income families, particularly those who are earning less than 60,000 a year to send their kids to chop