Mr. Sessions was nominated to be a federal judge by Ronald Reagan but was rejected by the Senate Judiciary committee. Jeff sessions later served as Alabama Attorney general and spent 20 years in the u. S. Senate. Heres a portion of his confirmation hearing from january. The attorney general of the United States is, of course, the nations chief Law Enforcement officer. He or she is not the president s lawyer, nor is he the president s wingmen, as attorney general holder described himself. Rather, he or she has an independent obligation to the constitution, and to the American People. I know you care deeply about this foundational principle, so i am going to ask you a question i have heard you ask other nominees for attorney general. Occasionally, you will be called upon to offer an opinion to the president who appointed you. You will have to tell him yes or no. Sometimes president s dont like to be told no. So i would like to know, will you be able to stand up and say no to the presiden
Purr vie purview of states and localities. But gradually federal restraint gave away and by 1979, we saw the first cabinet level agency for education established with the birth of the u. S. Department of education. Today, that agency houses nearly 5,000 employees, manages over 150 federal Education Programs, and has a discretionary budget of 70 billion. I might ad its really the tip of the iceberg because we see this somewhat parasitic relationship with state education agencies as well, who have to be responsive to all of these federal mandates and dictates and as a result have also increased their staffing over the decades as well. So, what have we gotten for this federal large ess. Its red tape, bureaucracy and wasteful spending. The u. S. Has increasingly centralized education policy to increase spending through increased programs and through efforts such as common core. Its interesting, though, to note that other countries, high performing countries, have gone in the opposite direc
[inaudible conversations] hello and welcome to the heritage foundation. Thank you all for joining us today. I just want to take the opportunity remind everyone watching inhouse to silence your cell phones. For anyone who is watching online, youre welcome to submit questions by emailing speaker at heritage. Org. Hosting the program is lindsey burke. She focuses on reducing federal intervention education and empowering families with School Choice. With that, i will hand it over to lindsey. Great, thank you, andrew. Thanks for everyone being here and everyone watching online as well. We are happy to welcome vickie alger to discuss her thorough and newly interested new books in the failures of federal intervention and education and she doesnt miss words at all. The title failure, its time to end and not mend federal intervention and education. Dr. Alger explains in her book federal government left education alone for about a hundred years recognizing that it was purview of states and local
Next well have the approval of the june 22, 2016, Commission Meeting minutes if no corrections. Move to approve. It has been there is a motion that has been seconded that we approve the june 22, 2016, Commission Minutes i. Opposed . The is have it. So the that item passes we changed this around so we have the report from the director directors report director sherren. Thank you commissioner president james i want to note i actually asked bridget to change this because staff come from the employee of the month award id like them to hear the directors report as well thats the only change i wanted to say that we spent a fruitful 4 or 5 days in san Diego San Francisco took 10 people mostly manager and one nonprofits providers to the conference with the National Association of area aging on the conference we go to and commissioner president james has been before and as usual good information about policy updates at the federal level also a good chance to exchange the best practices with the
Meeting minutes if no corrections. Move to approve. It has been there is a motion that has been seconded that we approve the june 22, 2016, Commission Minutes i. Opposed . The is have it. So the that item passes we changed this around so we have the report from the director directors report director sherren. Thank you commissioner president james i want to note i actually asked bridget to change this because staff come from the employee of the month award id like them to hear the directors report as well thats the only change i wanted to say that we spent a fruitful 4 or 5 days in san Diego San Francisco took 10 people mostly manager and one nonprofits providers to the conference with the National Association of area aging on the conference we go to and commissioner president james has been before and as usual good information about policy updates at the federal level also a good chance to exchange the best practices with the colleagues countrys the country and San Francisco stands out