. >> cookson given much congressman. you know, i talk about common tn ground in my remarks. this is something that we should really be coming together for far too long in this country we've had a four-year college or bust mentality that i believe has underserved our students. our communities and our country. i am unapologetically in support of making sure all of our high schools not just our technical schools have pathway programs for students who explore careers and apprenticeships, internships, dual credit programs o so the students can t the credentials they need to pursue a four-year degree which is what i did after technical high school or go into the workforce or get a credential to get a high skill high paying career. we are committed to that at the department of education to talk about an evolution of our schools for the career connected learning grant is something we are proposing 57 million-dollar increase would do just that. i visited schools that have done a really good job k-12 schools that are connected with two-year colleges. oftentimes four-year colleges in t