finally, secretary rivera, how extensive is the relationship that a state education department has, with the federal department of education? pedro: it is interesting. over the course of the three aars i have been here, we had relatively great working relationship with our u.s. department of education. when ia of concern, heard of and read of the anticipated reductions in the staff at the u.s. department of education, we understand, quite honestly, we focus heavily on serving our local constituency. i have made it a point of my team, to visit as many communities as we can and provide the best service as possible. educated dedicated, and really and gauged liaisons at the u.s. department of education is extremely important to me. don't wantary, you to have to shop around and trying to find an answer. over the past three years we have a great partners working out of the department. and i hope the current administration is mindful of the only to provide technical support to stool --tricts and state agencies school districts and state agencies across the country, but to really provide thoughts around the direction of

of the federal government piece of it, you know, i'm studying where the end roads are. and the piece about, you know, what needs to come out of the federal department of education, you know, we now have a person who is there who i did not vote for [ applause ] i'm very concerned they are attempts to take based on what she has indicated. i'm concerned they are prioritizing private education. and that's an obvious problem. so there is a piece about incentives and creating incentives for states in terms of what we can do for direct federal funding. the connection is more in terms of the issue of disparity and what happens around federal grants in terms of pell grants. that's a real area of focus for me and has been. so that's been my focus around the federal piece. another focus is what we have been doing and not doing around student loan forgiveness. you may recall when i was attorney general i sued a for-profit college that was engaged in massive fraud, reaching out to a lot of young adults of color and convincing them that if they paid this money that they would get a meaningful education that would lead to a meaningful job and it was not true. so we sued them and part o

education. in terms of the federal government peace, i am starting what the inroads are. the piece about what needs to come out of the federal department of education, we have a person who is there. [laughter] sen. harris: who i did not vote for. [applause] i am, frankly, concerned about the direction that they are a tempting to take it, based on her history and what she has indicated. i'm concerned they are devaluing public education and prioritizing private education. that is a problem. the piece about incentives and creating incentives for states to grant funding and what we can do in terms of direct federal funding. is more in terms of the issue of disparities, also about what happens around federal grants and pell grant. that is a focus for me. pell grant are $5,500 a year. i'm sure you see these disparities playing out in medical school and colleges. that israel. but has been my focus on the federal peace. -- that is the real. that has been my focus on the federal peace. you may recall when i was attorney general, i sued a for-profit college that engaged in massive fraud, reaching out to a lot of young adults of color and convinc

than we are for the lack of public education. -- in terms of the federal piece of it, i'm studying where inroads are and the piece about what need to come out of he federal department of education. who ow, we have a person is there. vote for. ot [laughter] about the oncerned direction that they are based on to take it history. nd i'm concerned that there is devaluing public education and education andblic that's an obvious problem. and creating a sense through what we can and can do. in onnection is more of terms of the issues of what pell grants. focus and al area of $5,500. ants are about sure you seend i'm the december parts. colleges, that has been my focus around the federal piece. we have been doing around student loan for iveness. when i was attorney general, i colleges which is a for-profit college that was massive fraud aching out to a lot of young adults of color and convincing money, they paid this ey would get to a meaningful job and what wasn't true. federal ted with the department of education that forgive the loan. the new administration is saying going to back on that agreement. troubling. education is ic education is a privilege and not a right. an

practically a prerequisite for a normal adult life one could think of many good uses for a federal department of education making sure colleges are ripping off students for example or that students are unfairly discriminated against or even helping students make smart choices about what exactly they're signing up for when they take out student loans all these and more are supposedly the mission of the education secretary betsy to vasa billionaire political donor with zero real world experience in education and in pursuit of that mission team hasn't just announced it will stop sharing information with the consumer financial protection bureau the government's consumer watchdog agency why well certainly there must be a reason for tearing up such an important partnership you ask well there was apparently this c p p b had been overly zealous in actually going after fraudulent colleges and student loan collectors in other words just another day in washington . truly again not shocked like you were not shocked with you know banks doing shady business i mean i'm not really shocked with the department of education

of public education. secretary devos is scheduled to speak september 20. how to fund education, the education department, and federal programs in 2018 is pending before congress. here is an update. >> president trump has requested 1.1 trillion dollars and his 2018 federal budget. of that, the president would like the education department to receive 59 billion. that is a cut from 2017. this is just a guideline. congress gets to decide with -- what the final number is. joining us from politico is caitlin emma. with the nearly 14% cut in education funding by the president, which programs would be affected? >> president trump's budget has gotten a lot of criticism for targeting these programs that provide billions of dollars in federal funding for public school programs. at the same time, he supposed a -- proposed a investment in school choice, which is the expansion of charter schools, private schools, and even choice among public schools. some of the programs targeted, that has stirred up a lot of controversy, include more than $2 billion in federal funding for teacher training and classroom science reduction. it is a

offering parents more of these choices. >> i appreciate the fact that state and local governments are primarily responsible for our there is some federal, we do have a department of education. say are theou compliments you have been able to realize, it is only eight months into your term but can you sum up what you think are the most important things that have been done? secretary devos: obviously, the employee -- implementation of the every student succeeds act that congress passed this last term is an important part of the responsibility of the department. the intention of that bill was return a lot of flexibility to the states and allow the states to become more creative in their approaches to meeting the students needs there. that process is underway, we have 35 or seven more states to -- with plans to approve. that is part of the case-12 focus at the department. we have been reviewing and in some cases either pausing or starting a new rulemaking process on a number of regulations related to higher education. that process is ongoing. we are in the midst of a big review of the department in general. to look for ways to streamline and make more effective and efficient th

of hearings on a 2018 federal spending bill. this includes funding for the departments of interior, justice, commerce, education, labor and health and human services. currently the funding to keep the government live coverage will begin to try to be a c-span three. [inaudible] >> tonight, discussion about the commission and the possibility of future military base closures. the realignment or closure is a process for eliminating and consolidating military facilities. the last round in 2005. [inaudible] [inaudible] >> good morning and welcome to

federal government can. we have similar departments like the department of educational transportation that does things similar to what the island or the territory of puerto rico does. what i told the governor am i who i know is working very hard, is we are going to do everything we can to help you go. we did a conference call today with our best to help the rico too help the rico -- puerto rico. i talked to the president about it. the biggest issue we are dealing rico isw in puerto we need more truck drivers and more trucks. we've got to get everything out of the port, whether it is fuel or water. we had a problem in florida of getting fuel into our ports. they have the fuel. they've got to get it out of their ports. the island is dealing with no power, so they are relying on diesel generators. i will continue to be helpful to the governor. i know that this country is all going to stand behind the island in the territory of puerto rico and do everything we can to make sure they get back to normal legislative have done in florida. normal,d people -- to like they have done it in florida. what specific aid will

the heart she did not know about programs that were central to what the department of education does literally a deterrent federal or state programs. it was tragic and painful. teeeighteen read me feel sorry for her i never thought that was possible but she got rid of most of it until bernie sanders came up then actually understates its issues of economics and class and wealth and poverty whatever for a long time and said i have a question for you period did not give $200 million to the republican candidates included the people in this room today, is there any chance you would be sitting here with this nomination? and two over immense credit credit, she didn't say of course, i would be i know education from top to bottom she said it's possible. [laughter] he did she do that it was ridiculous. nominee after nominee after nominee but in that point literally the power to decide the communication if we have met neutrality how they operate or organize. and how that military industrial complex and delicate to that fundamental question they were capable of impressing donald trump? and those that thought very little abou

federal government must address the needs of students as well as their institutions of learning so their education may continue. the hurricanes harvey, irma and maria education relief act of 2017 allows the department of education as well as other federal entities to use the emergency tools at their disposal to immediately assist students impacted by the storms of this past month without the need of additional appropriations from congress. first, the bill equips the department of education with temporary authority to waive certain rules governing campus-based aid programs for those institutions impacted by recent hurricanes. second, the legislation ensures students and teachers at private schools receive services under the project serve grant program. this program helps school districts and institutions of higher education re-establish a safe learning environment after a violent or traumatic crisis. the program has issued grants to school districts, state educational agencies and institutions of higher education after a natural disasters, including superstorm sandy. these funds have helped reopen schools or in some cases provided resources to operate a school at an alternative site while the origin

federal investigation of alleged bribery of recruits. he was not specifically named but is apparently out. >> pennsylvania students are doing better on standardized testing. the state released the latest exams. department of education officials say english, arts, mathematics are up slightly over last year. officials say keystone scores which test literature, biology and algebra in high school remained relatively hot. >> sonic drive in is the latest company reporting a massive security cyber breach. if you have eaten there, your credit card number may have been stolen. hackers gained access to the swipe machines. not clear how many of sonic's 3500 locations were hacked. on health check at 11:00, researchers are reporting one of the signs of childhood obesity comes from mothers who have high blood pressure during pregnancy. the study followed 80,000 women in china. >> 14-year-old twins from montgomery county held the 2x2 blood drive in blue bell. the rosenthals,all ya on the left and remi on the right started organizing blood drives because of a rare diseaseall ya had when they were 20 months old. she needed five blood trance tr. >> did you look up tonight between 7:44 and 7:50 to see a bright light flying? >> you kn

john's work at the state level in new york, at the federal level at the u.s. department of education, and in his current position on the national advocacy stage, he's just doing what he's always done, insuring the children -- in poverty and children of color are integral to the education conversation and it's one of the main reasons he's here to address you today. as you begin your journey toward the leadership of urban schools, so who deserves this i love public education shirt more than john king? help me welcome him to the stage. [ applause ] >> thank you. >> thank you very much. >> good afternoon, everybody. so we come together at a wonderful time of the year when the school year's about to begin, even over these last few days, students have been arriving at school, arriving in classrooms, excited about the new school year. and yet we also have to acknowledge that we come together as a moment that i would argue for our country, we cannot accept as normal. this is not the typical start of a school year. our kids, our children, have watched on tv as nazis and the kkk marched in the

we sued the federal government 27 times in 27 months and it was the department of education, it was onabor laws, epa, so if you look at our record, we have not just chosen one issue. we have addressed many, many issues that we thought were unconstitutional. we did it during the obama administration, five times during the trump administration. we haven't made exceptions. we really do care about the constitution. >> before we let you go here, sir, something that none of us like to talk about, price gouging, right, getting back to harvey here. what you're doing to stop this from happening. this is just unconscionable. >> we have been trying to get the word out. we have stiff penalties, up to $20,000 per occurrence if you price gouge. if you do it to a senior citizen it's up to $250,000. we've had over a thousand complaints on water, fuel, food, hotels, and we've started pursuing those and already addressed some of them. >> my best to you, sir, in that great state of texas. especially houston, the fourth largest city and such an amazing city that's going through so much difficulty right no

. >> martha: the obama department of education said that colleges had to prove that they were cracking down on sexual assault or risk losing their federal the rush to comply some of the accused say they lost their sense of justice and some students paid a very high price. >> i got a phone call from the school's title ix department telling me in uncertain terms that i had to pack up my stuff and leave my dorm immediately. >> you have studied authors making the determination whether something was sexual assault, whereas the person responding to the study might not even say that themselves. there is definitely a campus sexual assault hysteria. >> martha: betsy devos is changing the rules and she is your life next. ♪ " is here. the new app will go live monday? yeah. with hewlett-packard enterprise, we're transforming the way we work. with the right mix of hybrid it, everything computes. 's lung cancer patient. the day i got the diagnosis, i was just shocked. the surgeon in dallas said i needed to have the top left lobe of my lung removed. i wanted to know what my other options were. and i found that at cancer treatment centers of america. a

department of education does. she literally was ignorant about what were federal programs and what were state programs. it was a tragic painful performance. betsy devos made be feel sorry for her and i never thought that was possible. but she got through most of it just in this tragic stumbling way, until bernie sanders came up. and bernie sanders, who actually understands issues of economics and class and wealth and poverty, just looked at her for a long time and said, miss devos, have a question for you. if you hadn't given $200 million -- you and your family -- $200 million to republican candidates, including some of the people in this room here today, who are going decide your fate, if you hadn't given $200 million do you think there's any chance that you would be sitting here with this nomination? and to her immense credit -- i give her a lot of due for this -- she didn't say, of course i would be. know education top to bottom. i'm totally qualified for this. she said, well, it's possible. even she knew this was ridiculous, and the fact of the matter is, the fact of the matter is is that nominee a

federal funding treat sex assault investigations. kron 4's washington correspondent alexandra limon has reaction to the announcement. a letter from the department of educationrmally rescinds the obama era guidance.for how schools should investigate campus sexual assaults.in response senator ejff merkley of oregon tweeted "this is a slap in the face to survivors and takes away critical protections from victims. unacceptable. we must protect american students"nevada congressman ruben kihuen tweeted that "the president and education secertar are turning their backs on sexual assault susrvivors & underming campussafety"the letter says in part that the obama guidence. " led to the deprivation of rights for many students-both accused students denied fair process and victims denied an adequate resolution of their complaints. "a sentiment that echoed what secretary of education betsy devos said in speech betsy devos / education secretary :45-:58one assault is one too many, one aggressive act of harassment is one too many, one person denied due process, is one too many.alexandra limon / @alexlimonnews title ix is the law ensures men and women get treated equally in

within the federal government while we have this emergency and everybody wants to send all of this money down to houston. why not hollow out the labor department and close the department of education? democrats are always good at holding things hostage to legislation. republicans are terrible at it. kennedy: they do pay a big political price. but charlie is right. there has to be offsets. we can't pay for everything. the future of tax reform and at the same time have an increase in the department of defense budget and not touch entitlements at all. >> there is so much we can do on just the criminal justice reform to save money and skip on the it in industrial complex with the prisons and all that. what i worry about when hurricanes hit, when natural disasters happen is when we are worst at making intelligent decisions about our long-term fiscal futures. we are thinking with our hearts. it's a great human impulse but not a great governing impulse. i would rather deal with this fiscal matters when the chaos isn't fresh in our minds. kennedy: that's when they passed the first package of $8 billion. what do you do? >> i thought money grew on trees. kennedy: so does congress. >> this i

department of education's office of inspector general. that's responsible for conducting independent and objective audits and investigations. it's through this agency that we can review offices like the federal aid, federal student aid office and congress can learn about policies and practices hat need to be improved. just last march, the o.i.g. investigated that department and found congress needs to do more to monitor colleges with unstable finances in order to protect students and taxpayers in abrupt school closures. so any cuts to this agency will reduce the chances that such findings will be made and reduce consume brother texts and therefore i urge my colleagues o vote no on this amendment. the chair: the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. mr. cole: i yield one minute to the distinguished gentlelady from massachusetts, ms. clark. the chair: the sgrealt is recognized. ms. clark: this would decimate the ability of the department of education to meet the needs of americans by indiscriminately transferring $44 million to the spend regular ducks account. this does nothing to improve the bill which is already underfunded. the majority has imposed a $5 billion cut to the labor-hhs bill be

department of correction initiative. primary objective is to inform, educate and reeducate offenders on the rate of services offered. we are established in a new position within our office through federalgrants that we have received and we will have individual-- it will be in the oxford house contract, also. don't get stuck on the name because they may change it tomorrow. that person will connect individuals released from reentry facilities to until health and housing services. that means when these guys are released a lot of times they go to the highest concentration areas, high prevalence for criminality and was they are released in those communities we want to connect them to the services they need to prevent them from being incarcerated again. we hope to identify those individuals at risk for relapse and connect them to services. the big program i was talking about called the louisiana prison reentry initiative. i sit on the behavioral health subcommittee that the glory, he said on one of the committee; right? in a nutshell, the department correction was awarded this huge amount of money to try to reform criminal justice in louisiana. partnered with different agencies, state agenci

federal level, especially now, we're not seeing any protections. seet deeply worried when i what is happening at the department of education around civil rights.ow many complaints have been dismissed outright just in the last few weeks. if there is no place to take these things, if there is no one who is actually get a do something about it, then i would the fonter piece on and. we have created a culture for too many of our young people that give them the idea this is normal, this is what it has to be. the governor talked about the danger of convention and how we can get cut up in a cycle because we have always done it this way. somehow we have always done education this way and it is extremely dangerous for students and we will not get the revolution we need until we protect and empower students. >> i saw some of that in prison. when i got to the federal prison, there was a row of cells. i tell this story a lot because it is emblematic of the system as a whole. there was a row of sales -- a row of cells, african-american men who call themselves neighbors. neighbors because they were right next to each other but neighbors because the feds had

federal funding treat sex assault investigations. kron 4's washington correspondent alexandra limon has reaction to the announcement. a letter from the department of educationformally rescinds the obama era guidance.for how schools should investigate campus sexual assaults.in response senator ejff merkley of oregon tweeted "this is a slap in the face to survivors and takes away critical protections from victims. unacceptable. we must protect american students"nevada congressman ruben kihuen tweeted that "the president and education secertar are turning their backs on sexual assault susrvivors & underming campussafety"the letter says in part that the obama guidence. " led to the deprivation of rights for many students-both accused students denied fair process and victims denied an adequate resolution of their complaints. "a sentiment that echoed what secretary of education betsy devos said in speech betsy devos / education secretary :45-:58one assault is one too many, one aggressive act of harassment is one too many, one person denied due process, is one too many.alexandra limon / @alexlimonnews title ix is the law ensures men and women get treated equally i

federal finances. most of you know that by 2042 the entire revenue stream will be consumed by medicare and medicaid spending unless someone does something about it. there will be no money for the military, department of educationand are eight or anything else. what i do i deal with the problems. nationally obamacare premiums are going up 13% in the individual marketplace and 45% of the counties in america are down to one choice and 45 counties in this country have no choice under the plan you designed. the bottom line is i don't doubt your intentions to help people but i do question whether or not it is working as intended and you can question my motives and quite quickly, i don't care. i know why i am here. >> years they designed it? wasn't mine. >> i know mr. chairman. the two problems. if someone doesn't fix obamacare soon the majority of counties in this country are going to be down to one provider. it is collapsing as i speak and medicaid, medicaid is on an unsustainable path and by 2027 we will spending more on medicaid than the military. by 2042 medicare and medicaid combined take all the money that will be sent to washington and what do we do? in year eight of the block grant we get flexibility control

departments of education and veterans affairs to automate the application of student loan benefits available to military borrowers. these departments can use this information that already exists in federaldata bases to expedite student borrower benefits for service members, and there's no reason that we shouldn't just do that right away. this will make life a little easier for our vets, and it will help put many of them on the road to a better education and a higher earnings for the rest of their lives. there's another problem in our military that we need to address. i was appalled earlier this year at reports that some male service members shared nude photos of their fellow female service members without consent and harassed them on a website called marines united. the military is not immune from the rise of so-called revenge porn on line. make no mistake, revenge porn is sexual harassment. d.o.d. concluded in a may 2017 report that such harassment can lead to sexual assault. just last week i sat with women in massachusetts who had been sexually harassed and sexual assaulted during their time in the military. they had volunteered for the military out of the deep sense of patriotism, an

federal finances. by 2042 the entire revenue stream will be consumed by medicare and medicaid spending on the somebody does something about it. there will be no money for the military, the department of education, nih, or anything else. i deal with two problems. nationally, obamacare premiums in theng up 13% individual market. 40 5% of the counties in america are down to one choice and 45 counties in this country have no choice under the plan you designed. the bottom line is, i do not doubt your intention to help people. i do question whether or not it is working as intended. you can question my motives and quite frankly, i do not care because i know why i am here. chair: you are saying who designed it? graham: if someone does not fix obamacare soon the majority of counties will be down to one provider. it is collapsing as i speak. medicaid is on an unsustainable path area by 2027, we are going to be spending more on medicaid than the military. by 2042, medicare and medicaid money thatke all the will be sent to washington. we give flexibility control to the states like they have not had before but the population in question. we begin to slow the growth down to make it more sustainable but the