The embassy of the Islamic Republic of afghanistan in washington. My colleague and director will be moderating the conversation but its my great pleasure and honor to ask the ambassador to provide welcoming remarks. Your excellency. Thank you. Good morning, good afternoon or good evening depending on where you are right now in joining us for the session. It is my pleasure to welcome you to the second event of the embassy of afghanistan. We are glad to be hosting the event on lebanons agreement and partnership with the Atlantic Council a wonderful partner of the embassy in washington. I want to offer a warm thank you to the Atlantic Council further help in organizing this important discussion and all the great work they are continuously doing. Furthermore i would like to express my gratitude for taking the time to share their knowledge and insight with us today. Ambassador i thank you and not just for joining us today that for all the great work that youve done in afghanistan over the y
, i want to say a few words about some of what has been said thus far. My democratic colleagues always professed to be the champions of middleclass families. We see that rhetoric in full bloom, on full display today. That is why it is astonishing to atthat they are so opposed the repeal of the individual mandate tax. They talk as though everything is fine with our health care system. And that the repeal of this taxable said it all tumbling down. Obamacare is already failing. Largely because the mandate has failed to do what it was designed to do. It has not improved markets. It has not brought down premiums. Markets are in decline. Premiums continually rise, despite the presence of this tax. The great irony of obamacare is that on one hand it makes Health Insurance too expensive for many to afford, while on the other hand it imposes a tax on those who do not buy it. The mandate has not improved the health care system. It has imposed significant burdens on middleclass and low income fam
Committees because i think those issues have been unresolved for years. Im happy to see we want to have the training. I think one of the things we should talk about is the Division Rule that the Council Never included parents was to be represented the communities that were had a specific interest in and expertise and the monitoring of our language programs. It seems that the very committed and parents have become members of the bilingual council and have been diluting its oversight connection and also maybe dloouth some of that leadership on the e lake too. How can it best be served by how we decide how people get on that p them. Thanks for all your discussions can i ask a clarifying question. Commissioner winns are you saying the b cc should have less parents recommendation talking about whether or not the board and ive been or whether we as a School District have been assert active enough i want to make sure we have that Community Oversight and connection function be strong. And i al
Available to meetings and i encourage you to get in touch with the San Francisco education fund. Thank you. Im sorry i have to say ive had a hard time hearing but im happy we want to take this issue up in multiple committees because i think those issues have been unresolved for years. Im happy to see we want to have the training. I think one of the things we should talk about is the Division Rule that the Council Never included parents was to be represented the communities that were had a specific interest in and expertise and the monitoring of our language programs. It seems that the very committed and parents have become members of the bilingual council and have been diluting its oversight connection and also maybe dloouth some of that leadership on the e lake too. How can it best be served by how we decide how people get on that p them. Thanks for all your discussions can i ask a clarifying question. Commissioner winns are you saying the b cc should have less parents recommendation
Were spotted to merge with the delake thats not a question we can answer perhaps i misspoke i never applied that i was only wondering about it. You bring up some of those concerns from your report my natural reaction is should we have two or one. Im not bringing that forward and i dont believe i ever said that are im just questioning and whether or not im justrd our report and a thinking that its data you get could also be shared with the delake and those are both committees that actually empathize a lot of he parents and now we hear that the educators can be brought to the table too. Im wondering if it would strengthen the delake and also you talked about your concerns about the members being appointed by next august. Maybe it would reach tout out to the delake. I think those are two committees we want to see that are strong and a represent our voice of english learners. So i think when i read a report like this you said there were only 5 members there and delake could be lacking los