Test. Test. We also know that while these institutions are doing the most work to close that achievement gap, and advance economic mobility, theyre severely underresourced. Its great to see the Community Coming together in a bipartisan way to prioritize and address this issue, and i look forward to working with all of you on this. Madam chairwoman, id like to enter into the record this report by the United Negro College fund, which is led by my close friend, michael lomax, who actually the emcee when i was sworn in to congress in our event just recently, entitled the hcbus make america strong, the positive impact of historically black colleges and universities. So ordered. Thank you. The 2017 report found that the total Economic Impact in the u. S. Is 14. 8 billion annually. The equivalent of ranking among the top 200 corporations on the fortune 500 list. In maryland, we have four hbcus that generate 1 billion in economic output and 10,000 jobs. A maryland graduate can expect to make a
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
Welcome to all you watching us here in the United States, canada, and around the world. Im kim brunhuber. This is cnn newsroom donald trump, racking up more wins in the fight to be the republican president ial candidate bots. Nikki haley has new poll numbers to help her make the case at other critical soup for tuesday contests. The us begins aid drops into gaza, but its nowhere enough to meet the enormous need details. Plus what we know about the efforts at a ceasefire and hostage deal before ramadan and Travel Nightmares in california as the state gets hit with a late Winter Storm Super Tuesday voting in the us gets underway in a little more than 48 hours with president ial nominating contests and more than a dozen states, 865 delegates are up for grabs for republicans, it takes more than 112 delegates to when their president ial nomination. And a strong showing by donald trump could make his lead almost insurmountable. Trump racked up more wins on saturday, he claimed nearly 85 of th
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From the 2024 primary ballot under the 14th amendments insurrectionist ban. It is a decision that differs from the one that was reached by the Colorado Supreme Court last week. Trump responding in an interview he was not surprised by the ruling. It is very bad for colorado, very, very bad for colorado, but we just had the big win in michigan today and that was a good one. And we have 33 wins and this isnt a loss because well have to see what happens. This is not a final determination. So trump also demanded wednesday that the Secretary Of State in maine recuse herself from a similar Ballot Eligibility Case over her past statements about the january 6 riot. She is said to issue a decision in the coming days. This is all as doj prosecutors in the Subversion Case moved to block him from using the court as a forum to sow disinformation. Lets bring in eugene scott. Good morning to you. Hope youve had a wonderful holiday week. So lets talk about these dueling decisions about trumps eligibili