Colleges, black colleges and universities and minorityserving institutions in preparing students for success. Pursuant to committee rules, Opening Statements are limited to the chair and Ranking Member. This is to allow us to hear from witnesses sooner and allow adequate time for questions. I recognize myself now for an opening statement. Examine thel Critical Role of historicallyblack colleges and universities, Tribal Colleges and universities, and Community Colleges in providing lowincome students and students of color with a quality Higher Education. Our first three bipartisan hearings have clearly demonstrated that a College Degree remains the surest path to Financial Stability for americans across the country. This is particularly true for lowincome students and students of color, whose educational and workforce opportunities have historically been limited i enter generational poverty and systemic racism. Studies show students with income and the bottom of distribution can double
The subcommittee will come to order. I will recognize myself for an Opening Statement. The United States of america is in the midst of a fierce battle against an epidemic brought to us by opioids. It does not matter where you live. This crisis has touched every corner of american society. While new england and the ohio valley regions represent states hardest hit by. The epidemic, Health Officials from the south and reaching across the Mountain West report deaths of those counties. The latest figures from the centers for Disease Control and prevention is astounding. 91 americans die every day from an overdose. Now more than ever we must come together and strengthen our commitment to fight this. I expect todays members will bring to the forefront key insights and potential solutions on this critical issue. In the previous congress, the energy and Commerce Committee led several initiatives to help address the the Opioid Epidemic. The comprehensive recovery act and the 21st century cures a
News conference here on cnbc. That starts at 2 00 p. M. With the announcement. 2 30 with the comments and questions theyll be taking from reporters. Ahead of the announcement here is how everything is shaping up this morning with futures. You saw what happened yesterday with the markets. Declines across the board for the major averages. You can see this morning things are barely budging one direction or the other. You can see positive arrows but these are gains of ten points above value for the dow futures. Less than 1 point for the s p and about 4. 5 points for the nasdaq. A lot of people are buzzing this morning about a wellknown Hedge Fund Manager on wall street weighing in on what the fed should do. Its on the front page of the Financial Times this morning. An anticipated Interest Rate hike later this year could, he says, take a bite out of the economic recovery in a letter to investors he is arguing now that the move could knock over the apple cart. He says this is history repeati
Reporter most draft analysts expected winston to go first despite questions. And the Oakland Raiders were next with the number four pick they chose alabama wide receiver amare cooper. Mark ibanez with that raiders pick who is considered the top receiver in the draft. There was a little question as to whether they would go with an offensive player because their new coach jack del rio is a defensive guy. But over all football fans fans freak out about this day. Nothing can really be determined for at least a year because you just dont know how good any of the shraebgs any of the selections are going to be until they play. And out of the university of alabama, 205pounder won the award as the best receiver this past season in college football. Scouts have described him as far and away the best receiver available in the draft. His work ethic and ability to run for pass routs a compareson to jerry rice. But his new head coach jack del rio say as bit early for those kind of comparisons says a
Issues on display dont over shadow each other and are all connected. Some of the issues that immigrants need to deal with include lack of access to well paying jobs and protected jobs and then theres also the Racial Justice aspects to all of it. Whats most important is whats going on in baltimore about the unjustice. The police have been giving to freddie gray. There are a lot of different groups part of this coalition. At the end of the day, its about dignity and respect for all human beings. Marchers came to the intersection on 15th and mission to protest plans to build a new Apartment Building, which doesnt offer enough Affordable Housing for this community. Were going to be following them along their trail and heading down to 24th street to be there for some of the rallies. Well bring you a report coming up at 6 00. Reporting live in San Francisco, ktvu david stevenson, fox 2 news. David, as the night progresses, is this their last stop at mission and 24th where the bart station is