The subcommittee will come to order. Good morning. Good to see this morning. Welcome to the subcommittee. This is our second Budget Hearing of the year. , we are goingknow to examine the department of education budget request for fiscal year 2021. As i was reviewing the budget materials, this much was clear to me. To privatizeng Public Education. I believe it is the wrong direction for our students and for our country. We need to be moving towards earlying policies like childhood education, that we know helps students succeed. We see this in other countries around the globe. They are not shrinking public support but are expanding it. I will get more into the consequences that you are proposing, but i want to start by examining your privatization philosophy. The false premise on which it is built and the research. , theary to your claim Public Education system, which 90 of our children attend, has witnessed significant progress for all groups of students. Scores haveematics improved for
[applause] ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Nixon Library and welcome to this beautiful replica of the east room. I am Christopher Nixon cox a board member at this foundation as well as the grandson of the 37th president Richard Nixon. So it is really my honor and pleasure to have you at the library here today and im so happy to welcome you to the library. I see a lot of new faces in the crowd today which makes me very excited i see a lot of young faces in the crowd which means we have a lot of young conservatives. That is really great to see an i would really encourage all of you, after the event today to walk around the library its one of my Favorite Places in the world. I think the birth place is beautiful we redone a lot of exhibits in the library theres a lot of new stuff to see. Id course, you can come back and visit the archives and research into my grandfathers presidency. Theres so much to do here and im so happy to have you here today. But of course, today, we will big ag
Of it is your fourth hearing yours with us. Today, as you know, we are going to examine the department of education budget request for fiscal year 2021. As i was reviewing the budget materials, this much was clear to me. You are seeking to privatize Public Education. I believe it is the wrong direction for our students and for our country. We need to be moving towards expanding policies like Early Childhood education, that we know helps students succeed. We see this in other countries around the globe. They are not shrinking public support but are expanding it. I will get more into the consequences that you are proposing, but i want to start by examining your privatization philosophy. The false premise on which it is built and the research. And the research that it ignores. Contrary to your claim, the Public Education system, which 90 of our children attend, has witnessed significant progress for all groups of students. Average mathematics scores have improved for fourthgraders by 14 .
The subcommittee will come to order. Good morning. Good to the subcommittee will come to order. Good morning, secretary devos. Good to see you. Welcome to the subcommittee. This is our second Budget Hearing of the year. It is your fourth hearing with we are going to review the budget request for fiscal year 2021. Materials, this much was clear to me. To privatizeng Public Education. I believe it is the wrong direction for our students and for our country. We need to be moving towards earlying policies like childhood education, that we know helps students succeed. We see this in other countries around the globe. They are not shrinking public support but are expanding it. I will get more into the consequences that you are proposing, but i want to start by examining your privatization philosophy. The false premise on which it is built and the research. , theary to your claim Public Education system, which 90 of our children attend, has witnessed significant progress for all groups of stud
For several hours, there are reports that the stimulus package now being prepared maybe the first of many, in other words, congressman Congress Rather and the administration will throw whatever they have at the virus problem. The fed is pumping a trillion dollars into the economy and that appears to be helping market sentiment. Green across the board there. All of them up limit, 5 up. Lets see how we open at the market this morning. Now, again, when we open this morning prices will be freed up so we can move up from the 5 gain and looking at etfs, here is anxiety indicater. Do you realize it was 1. 3 a few days ago . Gold this morning i believe is down a little bit more. Okay, we will find it. Look at the average price of gasoline. 2. 30. Ten cents lower than a week ago. Gas is falling really fast. I call that good news. The whole country maybe slowing down as we separate out but the virus news coming quick and fast. The wife of canadas Prime Minister Trudeau Sophie tested positive. Pr