Witnesses today. Theres a lot of attendance today. Obviously a discussion that many people are interested in. We do have a series of four votes beginning in a halfhour so im going to be very strict with the time clock today in allowing five minutes to each senator and well be calling on people in order of arrival. So with that, ms. Jones, i wanted to start with you and thank you for sharing your story and being here today to testify. Your story actually really resonates with me. All of my brothers and sisters and i went to college on pell grants and Student Loans to finance our education and i taught Young Children early on in my career which is actually what got me into politic to pe begin with. But the financial burden of Student Loan Debt is considerably more than when i graduated. So i share your understanding and appreciate your being here. In your testimony you said that you paid over 600 dollars a month to cover your federal Student Loans. How much was your monthly take home pay
Chairman, sheila bair. A bit later, the alliance for Health Reform host a forum on medicare policy in the future of the program. That gets under way at 12 15 eastern. Were live this afternoon at 1 30 this afternoon with a press conference with bipartisan members of the conference congress. As you might expect, given the breadth of products we have, one of the areas we are investing a lot is the multi screen connectivity, because we have already seen humans will pay tasking. You were on your couch watching tv but also texting on your phone are on the internet. How do we link those devices to reach other and link them to the internet . One very good example is the camera. And a camera now built in with 3g and 4g connectivity so you can take photographs were you go and instantly upload of tool website or to social media. Bringing Wireless Connectivity to a camera. Linking products to each other is a big thing for us and we think of value to the consumer. David steel from this years Consum
Loan debt. It announced a measure late in the week that democrats plan a student loan push in june. What are they proposing to do . This is a way to lower the Interest Rates on student loans. What is interesting about this you have to look at everything especially that the senate is doing this year as an electionyear push. Democrats found the student loan push helpful when they took recontrol of the senate. They have done it repeatedly. It is an issue not only with young people but with families who are being squeezed because of the higher cost of living and higher expenses. It gets a lot of attention, but i would not expect this to clear the house anytime soon. They seemed to lay down the gauntlet to challenge republicans in the senate to support the bill, but so far nobody on the republican side is backing that. Right. Lets take a look at the house. Eric cantor releasing his memo, telling members what ahead for june. What are some of the top items we should look for as the house come
Involved because it is not just the right thing to do for veterans, but also the right thing to do for their budgets. Onent studies have shown chronically homeless person can cost communities between 30 50,000 per year in emergency room visits, medical bills, Law Enforcement for some individuals can be even higher. The cost to give someone a home the cost to give someone a home of their own is only about 20,000. This is on so many Different Levels and that is why i want to applaud everyone leading the way and i want to urge more leaders across the country to get involved as well. We have to get more people. I know how competitive our mayors can be. [laughter] i have seen it. That is why i am excited. You like to challenge each other. We saw it in phoenix and salt lake city. So, i want to know if more mayors can challenge each other on this issue can you challenge a neighboring mayor or governor to see who can get all of your vets into Housing First . Can you challenge yourself to be th
Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are writer and broadcaster Shyama Perera and business journalist and commentator john crowley. Good morning to you both and thank you so much forjoining us. Lets start with the sunday times, and it reports that ministers have drawn up a plan which could see schools reopen as soon as 11th may. It comes as the mail on sunday says political and business figures are urging the uk government to map out a clear exit strategy from the lockdown. The observer leads on a warning from one of the worlds top health experts, that theres no guarantee a vaccine for coronavirus can be successfully developed. According to the sunday telegraph, borisjohnson has started issuing orders to his government from chequers, as he continues to recover from coronavirus. And the sunday mirror carries a warning from frontline medics, saying that they fear hospitals may run out of oxygen supplies for coronavirus patients