Disadvantage the students that we are most concerned have access to and through College Needs to change and it needs to change dramatically. In the department, we have as you well know, carmel, we have for the last several years put in our Budget Proposal opportunities for the federal government and states to Work Together on many of the lines of contact were discussing here this morning. The state higher ed Performance Fund that we have proposed would seek to reward states that create Stable Funding platforms, that make sure that their commitment to low income students remains in place and that would also move states toward a more performance based budgeting overall. So we want to continue to have those conversations. We see great virtue in aligning federal resources with a states willingness to Fund Higher Education and to make that funding centrally available to low income and middle income families who we need to get into college and across the finish line if were going to meet the
Actually say in the beer distributors pockets. It was public money that was supposed to go to promoting recycling but was instead winding up in the distributors pockets just because of an error in the way the law was constructed. They were very active in political campaigns and that loophole of what we knew about it for years and years and years was not corrected. My first term in the legislature in 2009 was the first year the legislature was publicly financed. I cant point to a direct correlation. But i think it was about two weeks after we were sworn in that we came in and corrected that loophole and those funds are returned to the public. And so thats a clear example of a special interest that had been able, to no pun intended, bottle up legislation. If you look at connecticuts record, particularly the last four years under governor malloy, weve really been a shining light for those of us in the Progressive Movement as a place where we can see policies that are folks elsewhere can o
I hope everyone is clear on that. Probljectsworking on on islam . No. Education reform. We have not ventured into any social stuff or into too much Foreign Policy type things, so nothing on islam currently. Any thoughts on why so many wealthy entrepreneurs are liberal . I do not know. In Silicon Valley, they kind of our commonlaw but i do not know if entrepreneurs are liberal. It seems like many businessmen to come cronies of government. You see many people make the thomas and is in turn where they enter as entrepreneurs and become political entrepreneurs. Uber. Ee that with h six months ago we were cheering them, but they have totally made the turn to go a political entrepreneur. After they go into these cities, they start to cut deals with local governments where they make regulations, and if they them,ford to adhere to you see a lot of these may starturs, they out one way, but they are in it for their business first and foremost. I do not fault them for, but i do not like using gove
Government sales program. And saturday on cspan3, on lectures in history john turner on the early mormons and their attempts to create a new zion in the american west. Sunday afternoon at 4 00, nine from little rock. About the forced desegregation of the allwhite high school. Find our complete schedule on cspan. Org and let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. Email us. Send us a tweet at cspan comments. President obama was in here falls, iowa to outline his plan to increase access to affordable broadband service. He chose cedar falls because it is the first city in iowa where fast Gigabit Service is available. It is a preview of what he will announce in his state of the Union Address next tuesday. Hello cedar falls. Thank you. It is good to be back. Give mark a big round of applause for the introduction and the great work he is doing. [applause] i also want to thank mayor john cruz and the whole team here at cedar falls utilities for hosting us here today. A big
Folks paid for a fully loaded cable bundle. Small businesses serving clients worldwide. Google named you the best city in iowa for ecommerce. You do you do not have to be the Biggest Community to do big things. You have to Work Together, and we are seeing that elevation and energy and foresight in communities across the country. In lafayette, Louisiana Companies are bringing jobs to the city. The people of yuma county colorado voted overwhelmingly in favor of a Community Broadband network. This is not a partisan issue folks just want to no that they are at the cutting edge of this new economy. Folks around the nation want these broadband networks. They promote efficiency and competition. Here in cedar falls, if you do not want the highest speed package you can choose between the utilities or options like mediacom. It is not like you do not have choices. That is how free market and capitalism is supposed to work. Here is the catch. And too many places across america Big Companies are do