Hearing on reopening schools during the pandemic. Tennessees Education Department commissioner and the Dallas School superintendent testified about plans in their jurisdictions. Well also hear from a pediatric Infectious Disease specialist and the president of the national parentteacher association. The subcommittee on Early Childhood secondary education will come to order. Welcome, everyone. I know that a quorum is presentm and i note for the subcommittee that mr. Courtney of connecticut, mrs. Bonamici of oregon, mr. Nor quist of new jersey and ms. Wild of pennsylvania, mrs. Mcbath of evm georgia, miss underwood of illinois, mr. Levin of michigan, ms. Stevens of michigan, mr. D leah panhattia, mr. Wahlberg of michigan, mrs. Stefanik of new york, mr. Banks of indiana, mr. Johns of south dakota and dr. Murphy of South Carolina are re permitted to participate in todays hearing with the ry and understanding that their questions will sbcommi come onl all members of Early Childhood elementa
Johnny is my given name. Narrator thats a rhyme children used to scribble in their schoolbooks a long time ago, a time when the school was built, a time when we were proud of being educated. Through the years, weve lost some of that pride, taken our education for granted, and even grown neglectful. All around us, things have been changing. We have gone from the one horse shade to the space satellite, and now schools have a lot to do with National Security and our survival. Now theres trouble. And we realize the trouble is with brains and training and technology. So, in 1957, a lot of americans began to take their schools a little more seriously. This is a report on American Schools in 1957, what they did, what they didnt do. What they needed and what they didnt need. It is a report by the office of education in washington. My name is alan edwards. Heres the man who is making this report, United States commissioner of education, Lawrence Jeter thick. You know, americans are used to doin
The subcommittee on Early Childhood elementary and secondary education will come to order. Welcome, everyone. I know that a quorum is present, and i note for the subcommittee ms. Mcbath of georgia, mr. Underwood of illinois, ms. Lee of nevada, ms. Trahan of massachusetts, mr. Walberg of michigan. Mr. Johnson of south dakota and up to murphy, North Carolina. The understanding the questions will come omafter all members of the Early Childhood, elementary and secondary education subcommittee on both sides of the aisle who are present have had an opportunity to question the witnesses. The committee is meeting today for a hearing to hear testimony on underfunded and unprepared examining how to overcome obstacles to safely reopen Public Schools. As this is a hybrid hearing with members participating both here in the hearing room and remotely i ask all microphones for participants remotely be kept muted to eliminate background noise. Members will be responsible for unmuting themselves when th
News conference this morning, House Speaker nancy pelosi talked about the need for an additional coronavirus aid package. The house returns next week for legislative work. Rep. Pelosi good morning. How are you all . Yesterday, with two months since we passed the heroes act, as some of you are aware who were with us when we observed that. Calling upon the president to activate the defense production act so that we can get the equipment we need. The president has made so many bad executive decisions. We wish he would make a good executive decision and do that. Behavior, i have theluded that he is like man who refuses to ask for directions. All of the answers are giving. Are there. The scientists have the answers. We know that testing, tracing, treating, distancing, masking, sanitation, can stop the spread of this virus. President continues to go down the wrong path and refuses to ask for directions from scientists who know better than any of us. So, again, again we have observed that wit
Activate the defense production act so that we can get the equipment we need. The president has made so many bad executive decisions, we wish he would make a good executive decision and do that. Behavior, i have like a manhat he is who refuses to ask for directions. All of the answers are there. The science the scientists have the answers. We know that testing, tracing, masking, distancing, sanitation can stop the spread of this virus. President continues to go down the wrong path and refuses to ask for directions from scientists who know better than any of us. So, again, again we have observed that with two months, and that period of time from 2 million more people, 2 million more americans have become infected, for a total 3. 5 Million People infected. For a total of 3. 5 Million People infected. Since that time, 50,000 more people have died, for a total of over 137,000. Tens of millions of people are still out of work, and ui benefits expire soon. Today we marked the 17th straight w