Pringle, here to talk about President Bidens plan on education during the pandemic. Nora dunn sense of this tweet. The white house confirmed President Bidens goal of reopening a majority of schools in the first 100 days does not apply to high schools and there is no word of a timeline for reopening secondary schools. Becky pringle, what do you know about the plan . Guest good morning, greta. It is good to be back on washington journal. We have been so encouraged by President Bidens understanding it is absolutely essential our students, educators get back to inperson learning. As a finance teacher for 30 years, there is nothing i know i would rather do than be in front of my students doing science labs. We know and have been saying for 10 months we need the resources. Thats exactly what President Biden plan President Bidens plan starts with. He knows we have to make investments in our schools. Not just that. Is 1. 9 trillion package he sent to Congress Also includes money to states. We
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Supreme Court Nominee has faced questions from senators on the 2nd day of confirmation hearing in washington d. C. Amy county barrett was grilled on the Health Care Abortion and the upcoming president ial election but she declined to say whether she would recuse herself from any cases relating to next months but. My colleagues have asked you today whether you would recuse yourself from cases on the Affordable Care act you did not directly answer their questions and instead you described the process by which that would work or happen and so my question is isnt it true then at the end of that process regardless of that process that it would be for ultimately would make the decision about whether or not you would recuse yourself. That is true and i cant have you a list that a commitment from me about how i would make that decision in advance that would be wrong cyprus has abolished a citizenship for Investment Program following an undercover investigation by al jazeera it shows senior pol
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