The subcommittee will come to order. Good morning, secretary devos. Welcome this morning. Welcome to the subcommittee. This is our second budget hear ing of the year. Today as i was reviewing the budget materials, madam secretary, this much was clear to me. I believe and ive had this conversation before with you, i believe for our student and our country. Instead we need to expand things like childhood education that we know helps students to succeed. We see this in other countries around the globe. They are not shrinking public support but, in fact, are expanding it. Ill get more into the consequences of the cuts you are proposing. But i want to start by examining your privatization philosophy. The full premise on which it is built and the research that it ignores. Contrary to your claims, the nations Public Education system which 90 of our children attend has witnessed significant progress for all groups of students over the last 30 years. Average mathematic scores have improved for
Everyone, thank you for coming and welcome to our Health Equity round table with mayor Pete Buttigieg. Wed like to welcome everyone to Nicholtown Baptist church and were so happy that all of you are here today. As we all know, leading up to saturdays primary, that Health Equity and health care is a major issue throughout South Carolina, but predominantly in our africanamerican communities. And we have gathered together an esteemed panel to come here today and discuss this with mayor Pete Buttigieg. It has his plans and vision regarding Health Equity for the africanamerican community, if he and when he becomes president of the united states. So again, were very thankful for you to be here. We are going to go around our panel and have everyone take 30 seconds to a minute to introduce themselves, who they are, what they do and why they are here. So we would like to start with the young lady at the end and we will work our way around. My name is alicia edmund. Im a 15year health care profe
Reflects and builds upon the economic policies of this president which have unleashed one of the most powerful economies in american history. Unemployment is down across the board. People are coming back into the work force. Wages are rising. Pensions and College Savings accounts are growing. This budget continues these economic policies and once again provides a path for enduring economic expansion by tacking the very real problem of deficits in our nations debt. The plan offered today proposes to balance the budget within 15 years by proposing more deficit reduction, 4. 6 trillion, than any president in history. Under this budget, of trillion dollar deficits as far as the eye can see will be reduced to 261 billion in 2030 with a surplus in 2035. Debt as a percentage of gdp currently at 81 and projected to grow to 100 within ten years will drop to 66 by the end of the tenyear window. But this budget is not a green eye shades budget. It Funds National priorities that this administratio
Acting office of management and budget are Russell Vought on trumps 4. 8 million Budget Proposal for 2021 before the house Budget Committee. This runs three hours. I certainly welcome the acting director phoned the Russell Vought. Thank you for being here to testify on the president s 2021 Budget Proposal and i hope todays hearing will provide an open and amistad examination of the party set forth by the Trump Administration so they can get back to passing legislation Appropriations Bills that reflect the needs and priorities of the American People. I will now yield myself five minutes for an Opening Statement just six short months ago the president signed a bipartisan just, can everybody hear me . A just six months ago the president signed it twoyear budget deal into law. It does everything the president s proposal failed to do set rational discretionary lines allowing strong investments in our national and Economic Security and has bipartisan support including the bank member and mys
Judy please greet tonights candidates, they are businessman andrew yang, south bend, indiana ,ayor Pete Buttigieg massachusetts senator elizabeth warren, former Vice President , vermont senator minnesotaders, andtor amy klobuchar, businessman tom steyer. Welcome to all. We will be back to begin the debate. American workers are being stifled. It has to end. We are the only major country not to guarantee health care for all people. That is what it takes to be part of americas middleclass. Everybody deserves a living wage in this country. The proposals i am putting forward would make me the most progressive president in my lifetime. Tired of ourare politics, they have a home with me. We have a broken government in washington. We need a new voice and a new set of solutions. Announcer this is the pbs democraticlitico president ial debate. Live from los angeles, judy woodruff. Judy welcome back. A quick reminder of the rules. Each candidate has one minute and 15 seconds to answer direct ques