Betty ross talks about the 5 billion tax credit scholarship proposal which is pending in congress. Secretary devos is joined by white house advisor Kellyanne Conway at the event hosted by the American Enterprise institute. [applause] thank you. Good morning. Thank you to aei for posting this Important Forum today. Robert, thank you for your hospitality and for a principled conservative leadership, especially now in your new role. Its always a pleasure to be back here with so many friends. Our ideas are advanced by the work of the institute and there are many who worked for the cost of education freedom and for our nations students especially rick so im looking forward to our conversation today. We are here to talk about education freedom scholarships and let me say a few things about our proposal to set the table before our discussion. Heres what it is. A 5 billiondollar annual federal income tax credit for voluntary contributions to 5o1c3 nonprofit organizations that provide scholarsh
Discussing Herbert Hoover, some things he did to alleviate suffering in germany, which remember, had been a big enemy of the allies of the u. S. One of the things i enjoyed so much doing the research is seeing his compassion for people that were very unpopular, and otherslity to encourage to also feel that compassion and save millions of lives. Here is the book. Im going to start by telling you about the british blockade. Thet when the war started, British Government started and interdiction of goods started an interdiction of goods. This blockade prevented many things from entering the country, including food and fertilizer. And since then, over the past century, scholars have discussed this. There are scholars who say the blockade had no impact whatsoever. Other scholars argue it had a huge impact on germany. I started this book because i wanted to ask the question, what were Living Standards actually like in germany . This debate that has gone on the last century began much earlier.
Mr. Doar good morning, everybody, and welcome to aei. My name is robert doar and im so pleased to have you all here this morning for this important discussion of education in the United States. We are particularly gratified and happy to have the secretary of education, betsy devos with us, her husband dick, couselor to the president Kellyanne Conway, a great honor to have them all here for this important discussion of a topic thats particularly important to aei and our education policy team. And were also pleased to have, i like to say that aei is a washingtonbased think tank, but were not a washingtonfocused think tank. And so we have three distinguished leaders around the country, from tennessee, arizona and pennsylvania, and they will talk about how some of the issues in washington affect the children and parents in those parts of the country, and really, thats what our discussion is all about. How can we make our schools better. Now, a little bit just to give a sense of how i come
Us, her husband, counsel to the president , Kellyanne Conway. Important to have you all here for a discussion on a topic that is particularly important. Have io pleased to like to say that ai is a washingtonbased think tank, but not a washington focused think tank. From tennessee, from arizona, from pennsylvania, they will talk about how some of the issues we are talking about in washington affect the children and parents of schools in those parts of the country. Really, that is what our discussion is all about, how can we make our schools better . Now, little bit about just to give a sense of how i come to this issue and look at it and why i think it is so important. Some of you may know that i spent 20 years in the social Services Departments of new york state and new york city working on antipoverty programs. I was focused on the various issues with our ways in which we help people get into work and get out of poverty and move up economically. Those things were important. I always k
Good morning everybody and welcome to ai. My name is robert gore and im so pleased to have you here this morning for this important discussion of education policy in the united states. We are particularly gratified and happy to have the secretary of Education Betsy Devos with us, her husband, Council President Kellyanne Conway. Its an honor to have them here for this discussion on a topic that is particularly important to ai and our Education Policy Team led by rick s area and were also pleased to have , i like to say that ai is a washington based think tank but we are not a washington focused think tank so we have three distinguished leaders around the country from tennessee to arizona and pennsylvania and they will talk about how some of these issues were talking about in washington to parents and schools in those parts of the country. Really thats what our discussion is all about. How can we make our schools better read a little bit about just to get a sense of how i come to this is