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aid for state,, local, tribal governments as well as territories. . it also provided $130 billion for emergency public school expenditures, and an additional $30 billion in grants to subnational transit agencies. so far, the funds have not gone out yet, except for a payment to the district of columbia. that was supposed to have been done promptly after the enactment. it is a substantial amount of funding. in fact, if you consider the past amount of spending that has been authorized, we are looking at on the order of $1 trillion, if you include everything that has been authorized so far. there s a lot of money being sent to the states. there is some legitimate needs for these funds, but my own view is, some of the funds provided in the american rescue plan were in excess of some of the needs of the states. that is my primary observation. host: brad whitehead, you are in cleveland, ohio. how are the funds being distributed in northeast ohio and elsewhere in the country? g ....
and local communities. much money is going to these communities, and how much of a difference is it making? guest: the american rescue plan provided $362 billion in direct aid for state,, local, tribal governments as well as territories. . it also provided $130 billion for emergency public school expenditures, and an additional $30 billion in grants to subnational transit agencies. so far, the funds have not gone out yet, except for a payment to the district of columbia. that was supposed to have been done promptly after the enactment. it is a substantial amount of funding. in fact, if you consider the past amount of spending that has been authorized, we are looking at on the order of $1 trillion, if you include everything that has been authorized so far. there s a lot of money being sent to the states. there is some legitimate needs for these funds, but my own view is, some of the funds provided in the american rescue plan were in excess of some of the needs of the sta ....
and then you stop you feel , like you re tumbling forward. i was like, what s going on here? under the seat belt, i pushed off my back and flew to the window to videotape the planet. i m doing my task, and this thing is falling and we are trying to see any marks on it, seeing if something had hit our vehicle, like what happened to the columbia accident. i do this thing and i m like, ok, and i see the caribbean. the colors of the ocean are so dramatic and blue. i almost need a new definition of blue to describe what i m looking at. and we are going around the planet every 90 minutes and seeing the sunrise and sunset every minutes. 45 i m like, wow, this is space. even in the deepness and darkness and blackness of space, you look back at the planet, you see the sun, and it s incredible. it changed me. fundamentally, it made me have a cognitive shift in the way that i think about humanity and how i think about the planet and saving it, and work with people who don t have ....
mission to build, resupply, and do research on the international space station. 10 and a half minutes later, you are now in space, and the things that you dropped are floating, the dust particles and things. you are still strapped in, and when the engines cut off, because you are accelerating in the stop, you feel like you re tumbling forward. i was like, what s going on here? under the seat belt, i push off my back and flitted to videotape back to the planet flew to the window to videotape the planet. this thing is falling and we are trying to see any marks on it, seeing if something had hit our vehicle, like what happened to the columbia accident. , do this thing and i m like ok, and i see the caribbean. the colors of the ocean are so dramatic and blue. i almost need a new definition of blue to describe what i m looking at. and we are going around the planet every 90 minutes and seeing the sunrise and sunset every five minutes. i m like, wow, this is space. back a ....
space shuttle atlantis. mission to build, resupply, and do research on the international space station. eight and a half minutes later, you are now in space, and the things that you dropped are floating, the dust particles and things. you are still strapped in, and when the engines cut off, because you are accelerating in the stop, you feel like you re tumbling forward. i was like, what s going on here? under the seat belt, i pushed off my back and flew to the window to videotape the planet. this thing is falling and we are trying to see any marks on it, seeing if something had hit our vehicle, like what happened to the columbia accident. i do this thing and i m like, ok, and i see the caribbean. the colors of the ocean are so dramatic and blue. i almost need a new definition of blue to describe what i m looking at. and we are going around the planet every 90 minutes and seeing the sunrise and sunset every five minutes. i m like, wow, this is space. back at the planet ....