Advocates and educators testifying on childcare access and affordability in the u. S. Before the Senate Health education labor and pensions committee. They discuss expanding childcare access and the impact of available childcare on the economy and training and education requirements for caregivers and educators. This is about two hours. Lets get the show in the. Road Senate Committee on House Institution and labor coming to order. And let me begin by thanking all of our panelists for being here for what will be i think a very important discussion of what tens of millions of families in this country. As the nation, we often talk about family values and how much we love our children. But unfortunately we have a funny way of showing that love. In America Today, we have the highest rates of childhood poverty of almost any major country on earth. And we have if we will be discussing today, a broken its dysfunctional childcare system. It is no great secret thats the psychologists tell us tha
the new york post says, the trip is a little too little, too late with greg abbott saying overdo time in a scathing letter he hand-delivered to the post end. todd: alexandria hoff joins us live with washington with the latest, alex. of the brief visit with political pressure for the president to see the situation for himself but credits are saying the setting was a sanitized version. just ahead of the president s visit streets of downtown el paso clear of mike rounds over processing centers peer of the border patrol said el paso matters but had nothing to do with the president s visit. hi. over four hours the president walked a portion of the u.s.-mexico border and stopped at a port of entry but texas governor greg abbott handed a letter to the president that the true crisis is playing out elsewhere, your visit avoids the sites where massive illegal immigration occurs and sidesteps the thousands of angry texans and property owners whose lives destroyed by your bord
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This hearing will come to order. Thank you, mr. Secretary, for attending today. This is secretary mnuchins first hearing since being sworn in in february and we look forward to our discussion. Many of this committees priorities fall within the jurisdiction of the Treasury Department, including housing financial reform and development of policies to encourage a healthier economy. We look forward to working with you and your staff on these priorities and improving the lives of americans. Housing finance reform remains the most significant piece of Unfinished Business following the crisis and it is important to build bipartisan support far ath forward. Last week, we received testimony from director nell watt. The hearing reinforced why conservatorship is unsustainable, namely g. S. E. s having zero capital, tax pay ornse the hook for losses an the government taking all risks. A number of groups released proposal in recent months, including the milkin institute, several writing jointly for
Who has to go to another committee hearing. But i welcome everybody to this mornings hearing on the president s proposed budget for fiscal year 2018 with specific intention to the department of health and Human Services. So let me and i want to thank secretary price for being here. These hearings are an annual event for the finance committee. Secretary price, since this is your first time around, ill just warn you that these hearings can be a little grueling. So of course you already know that. Im grateful that the president and h. H. S. Are eager to work with congress to fix our Health Care System in order to ensure americans are able to access Affordable Health coverage. And with that i am going to turn to the Ranking Member who needs to get to another hearing and well show that deference. Senator wyden mr. Chairman, thank you very much for this courtesy. I know this is a businessy morning and im grateful for you doing this. I want to say thank you to senator stabenow who in my absen