See more on demand at cspan. Org or listen on the cspan radio app. Your place for an unfiltered view of politics. Joining us this week on the communicators is alan pratt, he is the executive director of the National Rural Education Association and he joins us from chattanooga, tennessee. What is that association and what do you do . Our association is the voice of rural schools and Rural Communities across the country. Thank you for the invite to be on the show and really highlight what we do as an organization. One of the things we do is we advocate for all areas, all issues that involve a rural schools and communities and right now we are looking at a Digital Divide and we are looking at the reopening of schools in a very different way. That is what i a lot of our work has been focused on over the last five months. When you look at online availability for education, where do you see the deficits . I think home access is the biggest deficit and in rural, remote areas or areas outside
Members, and thank all of you for being here this morning. Communities, as well as from experts on the systems that connect our communities, and fuel our economy. They will highlight the urgency with which we must adjust address our nations infrastructure crisis. Our infrastructure system used to be the envy of the world. Now, due to decades of underfunding and neglect, it is falling apart, and we are falling behind our global competitors. The deficiencies of our roads, bridges, transit, Water Systems, broadband, and electrical grids are all well documented and widely known. This is a problematic reality for every single state and Congressional District in the nation. In fact, the American Society of Civil Engineers gave our countrys infrastructure system a grade of d . They also would note that it would take up to 2 trillion of investment over 10 years, just to bring our grade up to a b. We face the largest infrastructure funding that gap in the world. America should not settle for an
The need for congressional action, a bipartisan approach to passing an infrastructure bill. Congressman richard neal chairs the hearing. Good morning, and welcome to our witnesses and audience members, and thank all of you for being here this morning. Communities, as well as from experts on the systems that connect our communities, and fuel our economy. They will highlight the urgency with which we must adjust address our nations infrastructure crisis. Our infrastructure system used to be the envy of the world. Now, due to decades of underfunding and neglect, it is falling apart, and we are falling behind our global competitors. The deficiencies of our roads, bridges, transit, Water Systems, broadband, and electrical grids are all well documented and widely known. This is a problematic reality for every single state and Congressional District in the nation. In fact, the American Society of Civil Engineers gave our countrys infrastructure system a grade of d . They also would note that
Tornadoes at the weekend. Officials say at least 7a people have died. President trumps former Chief Of Staff is facing a charge of criminal contempt of congress, for refusing to testify about the attack on the capitol in january. The new Spider Man Film is on its way, with tom holland returning to spin those Superhero Webs. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. Borisjohnson could face the biggest conservative backbench revolt since he entered Downing Street when mps vote on new covid rules for england. As many as 70 tory mps have indicated that theyre prepared to vote against the uk governments plan b covid rules for tackling the omicron variant. The british Prime Minister has defended his plans as a proportionate response to the rising cases. Mps are due to vote on a series of measures. New rules on facemasks which came into force last week. Face coverings have become compulsory in most indoor settings, except for pubs and restaurants. A measure allowing f