By a fellow with the american Enterprise Institute and an assistant professor and Studies Director at a college. Good morning to you both. Starting with you, last week, critical Race Theory getting a lot of attention in part because the heads of major Teachers Unions defending educators who teach it in the classroom. So begin the discussion with first explaining exactly what critical Race Theory is, but also how prevalent it is in american classrooms today. Good morning. So happy to be back. So just thinking about what critical Race Theory is, i have a simpler definition if you will, so it is a framework to analyze and challenge racism in structures, processes and discourses. Simply put, it help us to notice. It helps us to see the ways that systemic racism operate and the ways that it is embedded in structures and processes that occur in the United States. Thinking about how prevalent it is in schools, it is an academic and legal framework, so it is one that people often dont and Wont
Cspan. Org history. For Monday Morning Roundtable Discussion on the topic of critical Race Theory, were joined once again this morning by a fellow with the american Enterprise Institute and an assistant professor and Studies Director at a college. Good morning to you both. Starting with you, last week, critical Race Theory getting a lot of attention in part because the heads of major Teachers Unions defending educators who teach it in the classroom. So begin the discussion with first explaining exactly what critical Race Theory is, but also how prevalent it is in american classrooms today. Good morning. So happy to be back. So just thinking about what critical Race Theory is, i have a simpler definition if you will, so it is a framework to analyze and challenge racism in structures, processes and discourses. Simply put, it help us to notice. It helps us to see the ways that systemic racism operate and the ways that it is embedded in structures and processes that occur in the United Sta
We focus on the regulatory State And Budget issues, wars, social issues. We tend to focus on the regulatory enterprise. We treat regulation as a hidden tax. We see what the fiscal budget is and we see what the tax is but we really dont see regulations. The free Enterprise System needs to be supported. Host to the idea of regulations, you put out a yearly report, 10,000 commandments looking at regulations what drives this report for you . Guest i studied economics and groups were working on tax and budget. Every year you had folks talking about Joe Bidens budget. We didnt have anything for the regulatory state. I got the idea back in the 1990s to just compile what we could about the federal regulatory state. You cant manage an economy and you dont necessarily know what the cost of regulations are, but we have to do our best to try. We look at the numbers and regulations and costs, economic, Health And Safety, social regulations, paperwork, privacy, even the Infrastructure Bill we are de
Repairing our Nations Infrastructure is clear. Its no surprise, again that these president s, through the modern times including donald trump, have suggested it. Frankly, i believe donald trumps advocacy on the infrastructure helped change the way many in the republican Party View these kinds of investments. This investment in repairing and upgrading our infrastructure will also have a real and lasting impact on our economy long term. There is a lot of discussion about inflation right now. Again, making the economy more efficient, more productive, growing the economy. Thats what economists would call by investing in hard assets and jobs the supplyside. These are supplyside investments. This is why economists have said including Michael Strain of the conservative american enterprise institute, this will be counterinflationary. Thats important to note, too. By the way this money is not going to be spent next year. Its not going to be spent hardly at all the next year. Its going to be spe
The presiding officer todays opening prayer will be offered by Reverend Lisa Schultz of the church of the advent from washington, d. C. Reverend schultz let us pray. Eternal god, our hope for the years to come. We praise you that you have rescued our nation throughout its history. Through dangers, toils, and snares you have sustained this land we love. Through wars, droughts, and pestilence, you have been a fortress for our faith. Lord, when all seemed hopeless, you have continued to be an unfailing bulwark. Continue to inspire our senators with manifestations of your wonderful love and power. Provide our lawmakers with the confidence to believe that you have not brought us safely this far to leave us. We pray in your great name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with Liberty And Justice f