education and labor committee on priorities for the education department. live coverage on c-span 3. or when they wish to seek recognition. remember witness experiences technical difficulties during the hearing please stay connected to the platform, make sure you re muted and use your phone to immediately call the committee s i.t. director whose number was provided in advance. should the chair experience technical difficulty and need to step away another majority member is authorized to assume the gavel in the chair s absence. in order to ensure the committee s five minute rule is adhered to staff will keep track of time using the committee s timer which and will show a blinking light when time is up. as i indicated previously, we will skip the roll call so that the secretary can make his hard stop at the appointed time. opening statements are limited to the chair and ranking member and i recognize myself now for the purpose of making an opening statement. today we re m
connected to the platform, make sure you re muted and use your phone to immediately call the committee s i.t. director whose number was provided in advance. should the chair experience technical difficulty and need to step away another majority member is authorized to assume the gavel in the chair s absence. in order to ensure the committee s five minute rule is adhered to staff will keep track of time using the committee s timer which and will show a blinking light when time is up. as i indicated previously, we will skip the roll call so that the secretary can make his hard stop at the appointed time. opening statements are limited to the chair and ranking member and i recognize myself now for the purpose of making an opening statement. today we re meeting to discuss the department of education s budget request for fiscal 2022 and examine the department s priorities to examine secretary cardona, welcome to the committee on education and labor and thank you for being with
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