Institutions subcommittee will get underway with a hearing that will look at the impact of high student Loan Interest rates and debt and the impact on the economy. Among those testifying today, the Financial Aid director a washington dc teacher will testify and others as well. At the subcommittees chairman will introduce legislation that would allow individuals without Student Loans to refinance at a lower Interest Rate being offered to new borrowers. This comes as fox business reports the numbers are startling. 1. 11 trillion in Student Loans outstanding. Of two toulon hearings we are covering today on the cspan network. The Senate Budget Committee Debt and you can call that getting underway right about now online at cspan. Org. Thank you all for joining us. One decade ago, we begin to see the warning signs of problems in the housing market. A few years later, we watched accommodation of wall street greed and attentive regulators inattentive regulators helping to destroy our economy.
May have your attention, please . Thank you. Were very pleased to have today as our special guest wes bush, who is the chairman, ceo and president of Northrop Grumman. Northrop grumman as many of you may know is based in falls church, virginia, and its a company that is the fourth Largest Aerospace defense contractor in the United States. Its a company with about 26 billion market cap, and revenues approaching about 25 billiondollars and more than 65,000 employees and when our guest became the ceo in january of 2010, the stock was at a certain level. It is now up 116 since he became the ceo. So, very good. [applause] wes is, grew up in various places in the United States. Went to high school in West Virginia. He went to undergraduate mit. Got a degree in Electrical Engineering and got a masters degree in Electrical Engineering and joined the Aerospace Corporation which was entity affiliated with the u. S. Government. Later he went to trw where he rose up quickly and ultimately ran thei
Deserve our support, our respect, and our prayers. They e they demand the fullest response, diplomat exand economic. I think its wholly appropriate that these brave martyrs be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize and everything that can be done along these lines should be done. I yold back. I tweeled two minutes to the distinguished gentleman from california, mr. Lavon. The gentleman is recognized. I thank the gentleman for yielding and congratulate him and the other leads of the for expeditiously bringing this resolution to the floor. Mr. Speaker, the exhilarating express expressions of support for democracy in china have inspired the world. The horrors we have witnessed in china in the last few days have shocked the world. Beijings brutal crackdown on peaceful demonstrators deserves our harshest condemnation and i believe will prove the undoing of this regime. I urge my colleagues, mr. Speaker, not to forget that this latest atrocity comes on the heels of a similar military suppression of dem
Empty classrooms for one. About 5 million kids, kindergarten through 12th grade, are at home today, according to education week. And they will be, it appears, for the foreseeable future, as more schools, including, of course, universities, as weve been discussing nationwide, are closing their doors. Major attractions across the country are closing as well. Disney world, the smithsonian museums closed, broadway theater going dark. And not one professional sport is still active. Just last hour, we learned the Boston Marathon is being postponed, adding to a long list of leagues canceling or suspending their seasons. Once again, theres a lot to get to this morning. Let us start on the widereaching impacts from these School Closures that continue to mount. Cnns Martin Savidge is joining us from the empty school in yonkers, yonkers, new york. He joins me now. Martin, talk to us about the decision and the impact of the closure of the schools there. Reporter right. Good morning to you, kate. B
This morning my question as tina fey and amy poehler take the stage tonight, are we in a golden era for women in comedy . Plus, when it comes to education is no boys allowed the next best thing for girls . And the mother who lost her son to gun violence twice. First, want to know what joe biden plans to do about the guns . Me, too. Im going to ask his son. Good morning. Im m i im Melissa Harrisperry. Bidens report to the president comes a week after meetings in search of some Common Ground among all the sides of the gun control debate. The usual suspects, firearm retailers including a reluctant walmart, gun violence survivors who shared their firsthand experiences, gun control proponents and gun control opponents pushing for expanded rights. The de facto leader of that opposition, the National Rifle association issued a statement after their sitdown with the Vice President. Their solution . To dig in deeper on the all guns all the time ideology and put armed guards in every american sc