Good morning. Well call this hearing to order. Well be waiting for senator hatch which will make an introduintr introducti introduction. Congressman from the private sector myself and this is absolutely i have been very impressed with the quality of individuals that work for the federal government. This nomination process is not easy, as youre well aware of. We have so many willing to subject themselves in this process and serve, you know, in the federal government far lot less than you make in private sector. It says a lot about your dedication to this country. I want to thank you for that. I know youll introduce your family members specifically. I want to welcome all of them. Ill leave it to you to introduce your family members. From my Opening Statement all i want to do is to quickly read the description of the jobs basically youll be filling, what the agencies basically do. Ill turn it over to my Ranking Member. One the Deputy Director and the third is administrators duties include
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Confirmed. This is not a job for amateurs. Reporter even two republican senators who voted against her. But like her or not, some say shell push for more localized School Control and something Many Americans say they want choice. The idea is that parents know their kids best and they know what their interests are, they know how they learn. So having the opportunity to choose the school thats right for your child, thats great for everybody. Reporter she says Charter Schools are Public Schools but around the country some teachers unions fear devos, who admits shes never attended or had her own children in Public Schools, doesnt know education and she may be jeopardizing the education of kids. If schools compete, the best ones win. The way the best ones win is if the parents make the choice and parents vote with their feet. Reporter in charter s have failed and some argued the potential chaos isnt good for kids at charter or traditional Public Schools. And the Union Representing Philadelp
High tech devices to listen tosn and record your conversations. Cv plus, potentially documentation allegations against d. C. Mayor d Muriel Bowser. Hear from the group accusing ofn her accepting Illegal Campaign contributions. Actually, i dont want t getd into the details with you of a date and time. Nd would you get into the details of anyone about that. Fox5 news at 10 starts now. We begin tonight with Prince Georges County Public Schools, it just joined the list of schools closing tomorrow becauso am ofw its teachers havee requested leave to observe theee day without a woman movement. School leaders made the Decision Just a few hours ago. They join alexandria city publiy schools and Center City Public Charter schools in the district in closing all of their schoolsr tomorrow due to a high number oh absence requests from teachers and staff. Staf some parents tell fox5 they arey left scrambling to find lastfind minute childcare im extremely disappointed. Sapp its a Big Inconvenience to
Parents trying to figure out last minute childcare plans. Im tony perkins and im shawn yancy. The School District says it didnt have a choice. It had to close due to the high number of absence requests from teachers and staffers. Alexandria city Public Schools and Center City Public Charter schools in d. C. Are also closing to. Fox5s Sarah Simmons live in landover tonight with the latest. Sarah. Reporter shawn, Prince Georges County schools made that announcement pretty late tonight, somewhere around 7. 30 they made the aanionsment that they were indeed shutting down the school because there were too am people who requested time off for tomorrows strike, a day without a objection to the form at this point they really feel as though that was their only choice. Kevin maxwell, the chief executive officer for Prince Georges County says approximately 1700 teachers and 30s p of the transportation staff are going to be out requested leave. They will be off tomorrow. And that they specifically