you can watch it monday night, starting 8 pm eastern, on c- span three. next, a hearing on the cost of higher education, with former advisers to the bush and obama administration. university chancellor and a college student, testifying for the house education committee. sprint committee on education and labor will come to order, want to welcome everyone, note for the record that a quorum is present. meeting together, and a legislative hearing, to hear testimony on the cost of college , students and reforms to bring higher education within reach. pursuant to committee rule 7c, opening statements are limited to the chair and ranking member, this allows us to hear from witnesses sooner, and provide members with adequate time to ask questions. i write now recognize myself for the purposes of making an opening statement. this morning marks the 1st of five bipartisan hearings, which will inform our work and cover has a reauthorization of the higher education act. i want to thank th
i call to order this meeting. i know senator brown and senator grassley have to go to a meeting at the white house now so they ll be back for questions later. so good morning and welcome to the hearing on the president s budget request for fiscal year 2020. i want to thank russell vought, the acting director of the office of management and budget for being here to discuss the hite house s budget request. while we d normally receive the submission in early february the government shutdown delayed this process. i ve been an outspoken advocate for reforming the possess and will continue to seek improvements but this morning, this afternoon, we focus on the president s plan for putting the country on a more sustainable fiscal path. this is the first step in the federal budget process. this submission provides the administration an opportunity to cast a vision for the future and provide important programmatic information to congress and the american people. i call it a list of p
you can watch it monday night, starting 8 pm eastern, on c- span three. next, a hearing on the cost of higher education, with former advisers to the bush and obama administration. university chancellor and a college student, testifying for the house education committee. sprint committee on education and labor will come to order, want to welcome everyone, note for the record that a quorum is present. meeting together, and a legislative hearing, to hear testimony on the cost of college , students and reforms to bring higher education within reach. pursuant to committee rule 7c, opening statements are limited to the chair and ranking member, this allows us to hear from witnesses sooner, and provide members with adequate time to ask questions. i write now recognize myself for the purposes of making an opening statement. this morning marks the 1st of five bipartisan hearings, which will inform our work and cover has a reauthorization of the higher education act. i want to thank th
coalition director for the museum of open government. the nation celebrates sunshine week and we are pleased to honor the chairman of the house committee on oversight and reform congressman elijah cummings as the 2019 recipient of the sunshine and government award for his commitment and work to strengthen open government. thank you again to jean and the freedom form and the museum for having us here today and we appreciate the opportunity to present this award. we also appreciate that the chairman was able to join us here at the museum and make some remarks. thank you to representative cummings for making this day possible. a quick moment about the news media for open government is a coalition of 10 media groups that educate the public and decision-makers about practices that ensure that the government is acceptable, accountable, and open to the people. the sunshine and government award was created to honor individuals who have made a significant contribution over time to ope
no one was hurt. and it wasn t jvst snow causing concerns. parts of the east also g gtting hit with flooding because of high tides during the storm. as you might imagine all of this causing issues with air travel airlines announcing more flights are canceled today as the east coast continueeto recover. yesterday, airports in new york city, philadelphia and baltimore were open but with limited service. more than 800 flights have been canceled in recent days. if you plala on traveling today, new at noon: one man is dead after losing control of his car and crashing into a store. it happened last night n clermont. the fayette county sheriff s department says james tackett was driving with a 5- year-old passenger in the back seat when he lost control of the vehicle and crashee into the building. investigators say tackett died at the scene. the 5-year-old was taken to the hospital. been a factor in the crash. we will continue to follow this story and havevemore at 5 and 6. mean