[background sounds]. [background. [background sounds]. Thank you for coming and welcome to our Health Equity roundtable with Pete Buttigiege. We are here at nicholtown missionary baptist church. And we are so happy that all of you are here today. Health equity in healthcare is a major issue. Throughout South Carolina but in the africanamerican communities and we have, and esteemed panel. The discussion here today with Pete Buttigiege in regards to Health Equity with the African American community if he and when he becomes the president of the united states. Will go around our panel and ask everyone to take 30 seconds to a minute to introduce themselves, who they are and why theyre here. We would like to start with this young lady on the end and we will work our way around. My name is alicia, im healthcare from professional. Im in healthcare executive, i have lived in various areas of the country and have relocated here. Im undergoing a lot of change, and strong interest with my family
The subcommittee will come to order. Good morning. Good to see this morning. Welcome to the subcommittee. This is our second Budget Hearing of the year. , we are goingknow to examine the department of education budget request for fiscal year 2021. As i was reviewing the budget materials, this much was clear to me. To privatizeng Public Education. I believe it is the wrong direction for our students and for our country. We need to be moving towards earlying policies like childhood education, that we know helps students succeed. We see this in other countries around the globe. They are not shrinking public support but are expanding it. I will get more into the consequences that you are proposing, but i want to start by examining your privatization philosophy. The false premise on which it is built and the research. , theary to your claim Public Education system, which 90 of our children attend, has witnessed significant progress for all groups of students. Scores haveematics improved for
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The subcommittee will come to order. Good morning. Good to the subcommittee will come to order. Good morning, secretary devos. Good to see you. Welcome to the subcommittee. This is our second Budget Hearing of the year. It is your fourth hearing with we are going to review the budget request for fiscal year 2021. Materials, this much was clear to me. To privatizeng Public Education. I believe it is the wrong direction for our students and for our country. We need to be moving towards earlying policies like childhood education, that we know helps students succeed. We see this in other countries around the globe. They are not shrinking public support but are expanding it. I will get more into the consequences that you are proposing, but i want to start by examining your privatization philosophy. The false premise on which it is built and the research. , theary to your claim Public Education system, which 90 of our children attend, has witnessed significant progress for all groups of stud
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