All others, 202 7488922. We welcome your tweets as well, cspan. Talking about tomorrows committee, this very Committee Meeting tomorrow to hear about tom price, who has been selected by donald trump to be the next health secretary. We will have that life on cspan. Lets go to woodbridge, virginia, and hear from patrick. Caller good evening. My initial thoughts are it is that she can be secretary of education without adequate experience and working in education. For me, it is a very scary time for the education system. Host here is nathan from new york city. Caller i thought it was an interesting presentation. Its unfortunate that all the ideas were not gotten out on the table. Its important that a person who will lead education, a 3 trillion business in america, would not know the basics about education. Unless there was more knowledge than apparent, this person is not qualified. Host what ideas did you not hear on the table this evening . Caller it was very difficult to know what she feels about various education issues like no child left behind, her knowledge about the children with disabilities act was uninformed. Her unwillingness to take positions on basic radically regulations. Those are all concerned. From nathan, who School Choice should not meet a surrendering of rights and Public Schools should be equipped to meet ada. Tim kainefrom adrian, is another democrat that is brerude. You heard there, the discussion over whether or not they would allow a second round. Next, mike on the line. Caller i am a Public School teacher. Hernd mrs. Devos, commitment, i do not question her commitment whatsoever to the role of educating children. However, her qualifications, and her lack of direct response to questions is quite troubling. I concur with most of the other callers already. I have concerns whether she will act, upholding the law, or whether she will just give a tip of the hat towards what she called sensitivity. That is very concerning. I can only hope that the senate sensitive towards the needs of all kids in the nation. Host how long have you been teaching in kentucky . Caller over 10 years in the classroom. Host what do you think is the number one role and duty of the federal government in terms of its role in public education, particularly secondary education . Caller the proper role at the federal level is defined the best way to support what is happening at the federal level. She is not necessarily in what is best for all students. Between a tension control and what is best for all students. There does not seem to be a , background, depth and experience that this person brings to the table. Host thank you for the call. Lets hear from a gal in miguel in dallas. Caller im also a former Public School teacher, and is sitting board member on the 13th Largest School district in the nation. Im absolutely troubled at what. Just went to witnessed primarily because, at the very least, the secretary of education should know what current total law of education is. It was very clear with questions thisd idea and others, nominee does not have the basic fundamental knowledge to be an effective secretary of education. We need all the support we can get in the Public Schools, and i have no clarity as to whether this person can do so or not. Members the school board in dallas, what is the number one issued your board is dealing with . Caller the number one issue is how to manage the massive amount of poverty are students face on a daily basis, while pushing for teacher quality, Early Childhood equities, reining in equity problems. I im not sure if the incoming nominee will help us address. There is though, new york, bearsville, new i york, sheila. Caller i agree with the last two callers. To chairmans unwillingness have a second round of questions is concerning. Answers she gave were offputting, and basically skirting around the issues. For example, she would say she was the bit about something, rather than in guest or know about specific question. Previousith callers, she seemed uninformed and unaware. I am a former college professor, and author, and a journalist, and i have more knowledge than she has, lets put it that way. I think she would be a terrible choice. I think the hearing was incomplete. Host maureen tuned in, and the timehis, half of was spent asking for more time. Ask more questions yo this is donna, go ahead. Caller i am totally against her as the secretary of education nominee. Nevada has one of the lowest rates in high school education. We have a problem with the system already. , didl she is not qualified not answer the questions correctly, and for her to sit there and say she is very you have to be knowledgeable, more than since this. I do have a problem. I do not think there was enough questions asked of her. Im totally against this nominee. Host lets hear from mark next from missouri. Caller i would like to disagree. Ith everyone they did not address the number one issue in schools, neither did the callers. Host what is that . Caller the parents. I cannot believe i sat there for 3. 5 hours, and i did not hear one mention of parents. That is the problem with the School System today. Identify the children who have the problem with parents, and work with those children, that was the problem. Would solve the problem. Host what do you think is the Common Thread with the parent problem . Caller it is so easy to identify. All you have to see is who is not succeeding in schools. Even the teachers who called in, they should be able to identify the problem with education today. It has been going on for 50 years. All you have to do is figure out children who are not succeeding in school, they are the ones who have problems with parents at home. Until you can fix that, you will always have problems. Host thank you for that. Weaverville, north carolina. Lisa, independent line. Atler yes, i am troubled the conflicting answers on her mothers foundation, for one. Her answers on children with disabilities getting equal treatment in any situation going back to civil rights, and her understanding of the law. And, the sketch of views on civil rights. Hat is amazing to me she would not director answers, guess or no, leaving little room for later on. That io important adequate,secretary be since the United States is behind other countries. Host one of the senators, Susan Collins of maine, we will hear from her tomorrow in the tom price hearing, highlighted here from the hill. Com. Keep in mind, the senate out tomorrow and friday. Susan collins and bill cassidy are planning to offer an obamacare replacement proposal next week. Colin said they will introduce the legislation on monday. She added, they will be releasing more details, but it will allow state to keep the Affordable Care art, if they , if they care act like it. We will tell you more about the tom price hearing momentarily. We heard from the chairman at the end. It sounds like they will vote on the nominee, betsy devos, next tuesday. We know for a fact, the judiciary committee, voting on jeff sessions, and also for ben carson, that will get a vote next tuesday as well. To ohio, tony. Caller thank you for taking my call. I know a little bit about education. Im married to an educator here in the state of ohio. In the state of ohio, to be a building principal, you need a masters in education. This particular nominee has a bachelors in business, i believe. The common core was a state Governor Association initiative, not a federal initiative. Host what she asked much about common core during the hearing . Did that come up much . Caller i did not hear so much. Did you . Host im just asking if it came up. Thank you for calling in this evening. Lets get a couple more. Louisiana, republican line. Hi to joe. Caller thank you for taking my call. They are trying to confirm, and she is getting battered by a bunch of democrats. I kind of understand, a tough situation. Thats all it got to say. Thank you. More one board here one here. Massachusetts, independent line, paul, go ahead. Caller the previous caller who brought of the parents, that is a huge point that is overlooked. Primarily, i i think any of these positions have to have a certain leadership skill because there is no quick fix. Like the answers were evasive, but what was more of a joke was the republicans and democrats wasting more time bickering than actually getting to answers. When we say the problem is with. Arents and the School System everyone sitting up there is apparent, and they should be ashamed of themselves. I served on the school board for 10 years and am the son of a teacher. Schools are still good in this country compared to other ones. I dont care what standardized tests say. Everything is not the schools fault. You have to have accountability at home. Paul, thank you for calling in this evening and sharing your experience. Our coverage of the confirmation hearings continue. Our commitment to bring you all of the hearings tomorrow at 10 00 a. M. Eastern. We will be live with representative tom price that is been tapped by donald trump. Tomorrow, 10 00 eastern, we will bring you the nominee for the Environmental Protection agency. 2. At will be live on cspan lets take you to a hearing with betsy devos escorted by joe li