She took questions on Public Education, Student Loan Debt and Postsecondary Education for members of the Senate Health education labor and pensions committee. Heres a portion of that hearing. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] nonmac [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] a hearing of the Health Education Labor Pensions Committee will come to order. The hearing to consider the nomination of i. T. Training due to United States secretary of education. Senator murray and i will make an opening statement. Ill introduce the nominee. We welcome senator scott, member of this committee of distinguished former member of this body who will make introductory remarks. And following that nominee is comments, we will have fiveminute round of questions. We have capital officers here today who will remove anyone who attempts to distract the hearing. This is the first me
California, gavin newsom. Thanks for having me. Its fun. Thank you for being so open about this. Yeah, no, its interesting. The response has been interesting. Ive always been pretty honest about the fact i have dyslexia, but no one really paid much attention to it until i became mayor. And actually, one of the first things i did as mayor, the first public events, was visiting kids with dyslexia in the school, and everyone was shocked to know that i had this learning disability, which if i look back, was probably the best thing thats ever happened to me. Except a lot of kids would hear that and go, for me, its the worst thing. It was, and it was terrible growing up. Well, take me back. I think, for me, i think it was two things. One, it was very difficult for me, in terms of my own academic experience. School was a terrible and terrorizing experience. Ill just be candid with you. Spelling, reading, writing, i had speech therapy, i went through and i just, interestingly, in preparation t
Who has dyslexia, the Lieutenant Governor of california, gavin newsom. Thanks for having me. Its fun. Thank you for being so open about this. Yeah, no, its interesting. The response has been interesting. Ive always been pretty honest about the fact i have dyslexia, but no one really paid much attention to it until i became mayor. And actually, one of the first things i did as mayor, the first public events, was visiting kids with dyslexia in the school, and everyone was shocked to know that i had this learning disability, which if i look back, was probably the best thing thats ever happened to me. Except a lot of kids would hear that and go, for me, its the worst thing. It was, and it was terrible growing up. Well, take me back. I think, for me, i think it was two things. One, it was very difficult for me, in terms of my own academic experience. School was a terrible and terrorizing experience. Ill just be candid with you. Spelling, reading, writing, i had speech therapy, i went throug
California, gavin newsom. Thanks for having me. Its fun. Thank you for being so open about this. Yeah, no, its interesting. The response has been interesting. Ive always been pretty honest about the fact i have dyslexia, but no one really paid much attention to it until i became mayor. And actually, one of the first things i did as mayor, the first public events, was visiting kids with dyslexia in the school, and everyone was shocked to know that i had this learning disability, which if i look back, was probably the best thing thats ever happened to me. Except a lot of kids would hear that and go, for me, its the worst thing. It was, and it was terrible growing up. Well, take me back. I think, for me, i think it was two things. One, it was very difficult for me, in terms of my own academic experience. School was a terrible and terrorizing experience. Ill just be candid with you. Spelling, reading, writing, i had speech therapy, i went through and i just, interestingly, in preparation t
Joining us right now is somebody who has dyslexia, the Lieutenant Governor of california, gavin newsom. Thanks for having me. Its fun. Thank you for being so open about this. Yeah, no, its interesting. The response has been interesting. Ive always been pretty honest about the fact i have dyslexia, but no one really paid much attention to it until i became mayor. And actually, one of the first things i did as mayor, the first public events, was visiting kids with dyslexia in the school, and everyone was shocked to know that i had this learning disability, which if i look back, was probably the best thing thats ever happened to me. Except a lot of kids would hear that and go, for me, its the worst thing. It was, and it was terrible growing up. Well, take me back. I think, for me, i think it was two things. One, it was very difficult for me, in terms of my own academic experience. School was a terrible and terrorizing experience. Ill just be candid with you. Spelling, reading, writing, i