Welcome. Orning and the subcommittee on Higher Education and workforce investment will come to order. We are happy you are here. I know a quorum is present. I want to ask can sense they be permitted to participate in todays hearing with the understanding your questions will come after all members have completed their questions. The committee is eating to hear testimony on engines of economic mobility. The Critical Role of Community Colleges, historically lacked minorities serving and institutions preparing students for success. ,ursuant to Committee Rules Opening Statements are limited to the chair in the Ranking Member and this allows us to hear from our witnesses sooner and provide all members with adequate time to ask questions. I recognize myself now for the purpose of making an opening statement. We will examine the Critical Role of historically black colleges and universities, Tribal Colleges and universities, and committee colleges in providing low income students and students o
Been if america had not had, as it does, an oil glut. It would have been a much bigger price spike. Thats the upside, i guess, of energy independence. Now, whats happening in oil has not had a negative impact on stocks. We are still looking at a gain for the dow, what, about 90 points, up about 34 on the nasdaq. Part of the dows gain is fueled by the Big Oil Companies which do well when oil prices rise. This tanker story is a big money story. We are all over it. And theres a lot going on. We will keep you in touch with it. Elsewhere, ah, Bernie Sanders outlines his definition of democratic socialism. We will break that down for you. Not literally. The president is setting the political world on fire. He says he would accept information on political opponents from Foreign Governments. Theres a shocker. Connecticut, can you believe this, they are in dire financial straits and they are raising taxes on everything. I mean everything. Varney company is about to begin. If foreigners, if russ
Good morning and welcome, everyone. Good morning and welcome, everyone. The subcommittee on Higher Education and workforce investment will come to order. Were happy that youre here. I know that a kwoerm is president and i want to ask that unanimous kent that miss haze of pennsylvania be able to participate with understand that their question also come after all committee hems. We are hearing testimony on engines of economic mobility, the Critical Role of Community Colleges, historically black colleges and universities and minorityserving institutions in preparing students for success. Pursuant to Committee Rules 7 c Opening Statements are limited to the chair and Ranking Member and this allows us to hear from our witnesses sooner and provides all members with adequate time to ask questions. I recognize myself now for the purpose of making an opening statement. Today we will examine the Critical Role of historically black colleges and universities hbcus. Hispanic serving institutions an
Minutes. [inaudible yes. Senator fisher andriy dealing with votes going on, back and forth. I call the hearing to order. And good afternoon, i would like to thank Ranking Member fisher and our colleagues for joining us our witnesses who i will introduce shortly michigan secretary of state josslyn benson isaac kramer, Voter Registration and election, Janine Nelson, president and director of naacp Legal Defense fund. We will also hear from our other witnesses. I let them last not for any omission but because senator fisher will be introducing them and that includes alabama secretary of state west aen and brian cruz, election commissioner for the Douglas County nebraska election, electionon commission. More americans than ever have cast a ballot in recent elections and it is in large part because of the work of state and officials and these elections have run smoothly and top Security Officials in both republican andtrations alike, have confirmed the security of recent elections including
Ok, i would like to introduce our panel, if i can. First off, let me say to our second panel. Thank you for setting through the long questions of the first panel. Let me also say were hoping to get your information and your statements and the advantage of that is we wont be asking you a lot of questions because right now it looks like about two of us against you and just not against you but for you. But first we have mister joe gilardi, and hes president , chief executive officer of the tona victoria llc, correct . All right. And then also uh we have uh mr chris mayor, owner of daniel deans clothing store. Um i want to welcome you both, but i want to say a special welcome to chris and chelsea to um to washington dc. Uh to talk about veteran Small Businesses, employment issues they own and operate a, a store that is actually in my hometown right across the street from our own business. And uh in, in daniel deans is, is where you can purchase a wide range of clothing and outdoor accessor