. >> smith: in a cramped conference room packed with wall street investors and lobbyists, department of educationegulators are attempting to negotiate new rules to try to stem the growing number of defaults. one of the most contentious is a proposed rule on something called gainful employment, which requires that upon graduation students should be able to find employment sufficient to pay back their loans. >> it's sort of a direct test of whether for-profit colleges actually fulfill the role that they say that they serve. >> if you're being sold a bill of goods, if you're told you're going back to train to be a policeman, and it ends up you're being trained to be a minimum wage security guard, there's a problem with that. if you're being told you're training to be a nurse and taking out loans that, you know, associated with that potential income salary, and you're actually just going to be just drawing blood, there's a problem with that. >> smith: the gainful employment test, if passed, will apply only to for-profit schools and some vocational programs at other colleges. >> the for-profit college

doing away with the department of education. getting rid of the federal reserve. then talking about that the civil rights act went too far. >> well, he clarified that. he made a mistake there. at least i thought he did. at least it's different than my opinion. we already have senators who want to get rid of the fed. we've got a democratic caucus with nearly 60 votes that includes a very nice senator from vermont who proudly describes himself as a socialist. so a little check and balance in the senate wouldn't be a bad thing. >> schieffer: well, i think the republican party, as i understand it, is trying to broaden its appeal to african- americans. to minorities. why would any member of any minority group want to vote or want to be for someone who says, well, maybe that civil rights act went a little too far? i know you say he's clarified it. now he says he wouldn't vote to repeal it. but just saying you wouldn't repeal it after saying mainly it went too far, i mean, can you to be... can you be for that? >> i cannot be for that. i was for the civil rights act of '6

. >> reporter: to do that the arizona department of education sending evaluators in to audit teachers and their english speaking skills. if they're into the fluent or have a heavy accent or don't speak grammatically correct they're reassigned. >> as you expect science teachers to know science or math teachers to know mauth expect the teachers teaching kids english to know english. >> reporter: critics say this is discrimination and with deep cuts being made to education because of the failing economy they say the state should phone conversation elsewhere. the arizona education association a union representing some 34,000 teachers in the state refused our request for an on camera interview. the state says this has nothing to do with the controversial immigration bill recently passed. instead it is trying to insure everyone is following state and federal laws. back in 2,000 voters passed a referendum that stipulated instruction of the classes be offered only in english. then in 2003, president bush's no child left behind act stated schools could not receive federal funding unless an eng

the department of education is offering $3.5 billion to the state to identify the bottom 5% of their schools and to fix them in one of four ways. one of the ways is called turn around. that requires replacing a school's teaching staff with no more than 50% to be rehired. this is exactly what is occurring at fremont high school located in south central los angeles. >> when i first came to the district two years ago, i identified 35 of the lowest performing schools. i put those schools on notice and i said that i expect improvement. >> fremont high is part of l.a.'s unified school district. second largest district in the u.s. with 670,000 students. it was one of those schools superintendent cortinez put on notice. >> i visited fremont four or five times and there was never a sense of urgency and that is not acceptable for me. >> he released a restructuring plan for fremont. the first in the district's history. it included turnaround. needless to say, the teachers aren't happy. >> they want everybody who works at fremont high to reapply at their job at what they are calling the new frem

the department of education is offering $3.5 billion to the state to identify the bottom 5% of their schools and to fix them in one of four ways. one of the ways is called turn around. that requires replacing a school's teaching staff with no more than 50% to be rehired. this is exactly what is occurring at fremont high school located in south central los angeles. >> when i first came to the district two years ago, i identified 35 of the lowest performing schools. i put those schools on notice and i said that i expect improvement. >> fremont high is part of l.a.'s unified school district. second largest district in the u.s. with 670,000 students. it was one of those schools superintendent cortinez put on notice. >> i visited fremont four or five times and there was never a sense of urgency and that is not acceptable for me. >> he released a restructuring plan for fremont. the first in the district's history. it included turnaround. needless to say, the teachers aren't happy. >> they want everybody who works at fremont high to reapply at their job at what they are calling the new frem

structure and support for which it is like a proxy family, and that is why to love simply a department of educationisses the point to have children from deprived families -- to have simply a dumb -- department of education misses the point, and the reason it has gone of is because they have done that. >> the real issue is not the label you give a particular school. it is about giving the freedom, so your local school is the best school. i do not want a situation where people feel they have to choose. >> i am not denying that educational under achievement has complex causes, but he particularly coined the phrase broken britain to explain how complicated is, that a child could suffer more than one problem. we do take the complexity of it very seriously. >> i do not wish to be cruel to our guest, but this program has already revealed a couple of areas. if unemployment goes up, the prospect is under that government the coalition is to make up. on education, you can make too much of the choice. one choice is the founding principles. what contemplates it is not having these arguments. now the tories say

if you are a democrat, independent or republican and you care about preserving the department of educationyou cannot afford rand paul because he wants to do away with all that if you are a democrat or republican in this country -- she's being pretty funny. hear me on this. if youer a democrat, independent or republican who cares about the civil rights act, you don't want rand paul. rand paul thinks we need to get away with agricultural programs. bridges hit rally and figure turley, we cannot afford rand paul. he will not build them. all of your kentucky politicians are not made alike. since becoming your attorney general. we have taken 68,000 child porn images off the internet and created a prescription task force. medicaid fraud collections are up over 60%. elder abuse cases are brought up. taking it to the next level. that's what i will do. don't start that music yet. i have to preach on for a minute. jo i want to stop here and thank some very, very special people. it all starts with my boughtful wife elizabeth and our daughter eva, who will be 10 months old. i want to thank my wonderful

. >> reporter: the arizona department of education sending evaluators in to audit teachers and their english speaking skills. officer not fluent, if they have a heavy accent or don't people without a heavy accent, they are reassigned. critics say this is discrimination and with deep cuts being made to education because of the failing economy, they say the state should focus elsewhere. but the arizona education association, a union representing some 34,000 teachers in the state, refused our request for an on-camera interview. the state says this has nothing to do with that controversial immigration bill recently passed. instead, it is trying to ensure everyone is following state and federal laws because back in 2000, voters passed a referendum that stipulated instruction of these classes be offered only in english. then in 2003, president bush's no child left behind act stated schools could not receive federal funding unless an english teacher was totally fluent in the language. >> in creighton school district, we do have several teachers who do not pass the fluency test. >> reporter:

department of education. you call in the through a call center for 19 million student loan applications. that is how you get your loan. it creates a lot more convenience and choice for people to go to their local bank or nonprofit organization to apply. second, the government said we will save $61 million taking this away from the banks, but what did they do? the spending on health care and more government. but they are really doing is overcharging the 19 million students $1,700 or $1,800 over 10 years to help pay for the health care bill and more government. it is just a difference in philosophy. the administration thinks the can find it in the yellow pages that the government ought to be doing it. we believe the reverse. >> there is a question about the use of the money. in terms of going to local banks, they do not lend their own money. since the crisis, the government has been the only source of capital. >> hopefully we will not be in an economic crisis forever. what we were doing was using private capita

department of education and you call up through a call center. 19 million student loan applications. and that's how you get your loan. it creates a lot more convenience in choice for people to go to their local bank or local nonprofit to apply for their loan. second, the government said, well, we're going to save 61 million dollars and take it away from these greedy banks. but they took the money and spent it on health care and more government. so what they're really doing is overcharging the 19 million students 17 or 1800 per person on average loan over 10 years to help pay for the health care bill and more government. so it's just a difference of governmental philosophy. the administration seems to believe if you can fiped it in the yellow pages, the government ought to be doing it. >> there's no question about the use of the money, that it will be reappropriated. but in terms of going to those local banks, none of those were lending their own money, since the economic crisis, the government has been the only source of capital. >> since the economic crisis, that's right. but hopefu

and right now to some extent i think our department of education, the united states department of education, is working at cross purposes in terms of that attitude, that it is interesting -- not for of the five governor ceded here today do not have overly cumbersome regulatory policies in place related to higher education. there is a call on the part of the united states department of education, for every state, to have a much more rigorous regulatory process in place having to do with higher education institutions and i think there is a legitimate need for greater accountability in higher education. i'm not sure to what extent that accountability needs to be tied to encumbering regulatory environment. i would simply pose the question to the governor, to what extent can we work with you and what can we do is to assist you in preparing that workforce and doing it in a way that does not trigger some form of overly regulatory environment? >> thank you very much. >> i want to thank you first of all virtues in west virginia and i'm hoping we are working as well as we should be working with you b

department of education. [applause] for 45 years, ever since the passage of the elementary and secondary education act, the government has encouraged states, and districts and schools to promote parental involvement in children's education. parental involvement, for example, has been a cornerstone of headstart. yet the department has done a mediocre job of supporting parental engagement. we have been too concerned with monitoring for compliance and not concerned enough with improving student learning and boosting meaningful family engagement. part of the problem has been a parade of parental involvement policies in the last half century. at various times, congress and the department have promoted parent advisory council meetings, volunteering in school, school parent context, and helping children learn at home, yet these policies have rarely been shown to move the needle on the student achievement. it is well documented and common sense that parental involvement in taught -- child education boost student learn

preplace the department of education. replace with what? >> if the case of the environmental protection agency the bureaucracy which is self-selected. people who believe they have the right to make the most amazing micromanagement judgments around the whole country. if you look at the degree to which they new issue rules, believe they can regulate the entire carbon economy, again you want to talk about socialism. how about having a government agency of unelected people who decide they can literally rewrite the entire economy based on carbon. i think it is hard to reform an agency which spent two generations recruiting people who are more and more antibusiness, more and more anticommercial activity and who represent a value system that is very hard to deal with. >> chris: you also talk about replacing entitlements like social security. >> i think that you have to migrate to a system that is social security based on personal contributions. and i think that if you are young person today and you do the math you are much better off having social

preplace the department of education. replace with what? >> if the case of the environmental protection agency the bureaucracy which is self-selected. people who believe they have the right to make the most amazing micromanagement judgments around the whole country. if you look at the degree to which they new issue rules, believe they can regulate the entire carbon economy, again you want to talk about socialism. how about having a government agency of unelected people who decide they can literally rewrite the entire economy based on carbon. i think it is hard to reform an agency which spent two generations recruiting people who are more and more antibusiness, more and more anticommercial activity and who represent a value system that is very hard to deal with. >> chris: you also talk about replacing entitlements like social security. >> i think that you have to migrate to a system that is social security based on personal contributions. and i think that if you are young person today and you do the math you are much better off having social

. >> reporter: to do that, the arizona department of education sending evaluators in to audit teacher ped and their english speaking skills. ifer not fluent, if they have a heavy accent or if they don't speak dramatically correct, they are reassigned. >> as you expect science teachers to know sipes or math teach aress to know math. you expect the teachers teaching kids english to know english. >> critic says this is discrimination and with deep cuts being made to education because of the failing economy, they say the state should focus elsewhere. but the arizona education association arks union representing some 34,000 teachers in the state refused our request for an on-camera interview. >> the state says this has nothing to do with that controversial immigration bill recently passed. instead, it is trying to ensure everyone is following state and federal laws. back in 000, voter passed a referendum that stipulated struck of these classes be offered only in english. then in 2003, president bush's no child left behind act stated schools could not receive federal funding unless an engli

by the end of the -- reagan's two terms my best example is the department of education, which contains federal education spending, which reagan had run against and had promised to get rid of had spending 14% higher than it was in 1980 when he came to power. so it was not generally a period of great absolute cuts or reductions in spending. but what it was actually reagan did succeed along with some of his failures. the success can be defined this way. at the end of the day, by 1988, reagan and the administration relatively spending by the federal government had declined. that is government spending as a proportion of national wealth, national gdp had come down. in the 40 years prior to reagan, it had -- the trend was that about every year just a little less than 1% of gdp was transferred over into the government side of things. with reagan for the first time, that trend broke. and you really for the next 20 years have relatively speaking a plateauing. you go -- instead of continuing forward and the trend from 1950 to 1988 continued, by the time 2005 or so is the last time i looked at it

the department of education was instituted some 30 plus years ago and how have standards im proved the answer is they have not. they've gotten worse. so the question is what good is the department of education doing? not necessarily advocating we eliminate it but just we need to look at that, the money we're throwing at certain problems in the federal government and what results we're getting. i don't think people would mind spending money if we're getting results for it. host: jerry on our democrat's line caller: good morning. as a disabled vietnam vet one of the reasons i was proud is because of a program like c-span. host: just to be clear, for our viewers, we don't take any tax dollars. we appreciate your service. we honor your service, especially on this weekend. but c-span is not one dime of your tax dollars goes to c-span. it's all funded through the cable industry but go ahead. caller: one thing i'd like to say i'm very disappointed in the president and the reason being is after this last attempt to block that oil spill, the president should have fired bp, got them out of there

nasa's success, nsf success linked to t success of the education programs we promote to the white house and department of education and it's all coming together. >> senator nelson. >> thank you, mr. chairman. dr. bolden, did you have discussions with the department of defense upon the effect of the cancellation solid rocket motor program? >> musette i think dr. bolden. >> we had partners in the defense and i have to say in all honesty the department of defense is still looking at it. those initial conversations communicated there woulbe an impact but it didn't appear to be in on manageable impact. and those considerations are going on and i understand even as we speak. but i continue to believe those -- >> those considerations are going on as you speak about what a surprise you that there is a complete record in front of the senate armed services committee by general shelton to become chiln, one of the generals charged with the strategic defense of the country as well as the other general, general cartwright the vice-chairman of the joint chiefs who has his portfolio of the strategic defense that in f

he wants to abolish the department of education and he wants to end subsidiaries for farmers. does he carry his political philosophy too far? should he tone it down; particularly, in a campaign for the u.s. senate? >> well, i won't speak to each one of rand paul's positions because no candidate is going to be the ideal or the perfect candidate in any voter's mind. rand paul is not a perfect, always to be agreed with candidate. nobody is. but rand paul is a libertarian. he's clear in his libertarian leanings. he asks questions about implications as it applies to our constitution, our economy, our society when a law is proposed and a law is enacted. i think that more of those who serve in the senate, and rand we anticipate will be serving in the senate, should ask questions about the constitutionality of the policies proposed. i think more questions should be asked as to the impacts. rand isn't going to be shy by asking the questions. >> chris: let's turn to another subject. millions of gallons of oil are continuing to spill in to the gulf of mexico. you, of course, are a big su

to some extent i think the department of education, the united states department of education is workingurposes in terms of that attitude. it's interesting. 4 out of the 5 governors seated here today do not have overly cumbersome regulatory policies in place related to higher education. there is a call on the part of the united states department of education for every state to have a much more rigorous regulatory profit in place having to do with higher education institutions. and i think there is a legitimate need for greater accountability in higher education. i'm not sure to what extent it needs to be tied to a encumbering regulatory environment. and so i would simply pose the question to the governors. to what extent can we work with you and what can we do to assist you in preparing that work force and doing it in a way that does not trigger some form of an overly regulatory environment? thank you very much. >> thank you very much. first of all for choosing west virginia and i'm hoping we're working as well as we should be working with you. but with that being said, higher education

of course he was not talking about abolishing the department of agriculture or education but he becameort of a pop cult figure. campaigned a lot, very approachable. talked to every last person. his bio perfectly fit the time before the election. again: people can embrace -- gwen people can embrace outdoor ers but sometimes when you become a nom knee, saying all government is bad can trip you up a little bit. >> it definitely has trimmed him up this week. we saw republicans who had been against him rush to his arms. mitch mcconnell immediately endorsed him. then paul started to get asked questions on national press, pressed harmed on the rachel mad do you show about his position on certain things. he said although he hated racism, he thought it was a bad idea for federal government to tell private business what to do. so private business could have segregation. every republican senator distanced himself from him and mitch mcconnell said this man to whose arms i running back rushing i am now running away from. he said one of the great moments was watching the civil rights bill pass. demo

nasa's success, nsf success is linked to the success of the education programs we promote to the white house and department of education and it's all coming together. >> senator nelson. >> thank you, mr. chairman. dr. bolden, did you have discussions with the department of defense upon the effect of the cancellation solid rocket motor program? >> musette i think dr. bolden. >> we had partners in the defense and i have to say in all honesty the department of defense is still looking at it. those initial conversations communicated there would be an impact but it didn't appear to be in on manageable impact. and those considerations are going on and i understand even as we speak. but i continue to believe those -- >> those considerations are going on as you speak about what a surprise you that there is a complete record in front of the senate armed services committee by general shelton to become chilton, one of the generals charged with the strategic defense of the country as well as the other general, general cartwright the vice-chairman of the joint chiefs who has his portfolio of the strategic defense that

this is an effort that will move the program into the department of defense from the department of education, a place where it has been almost defacto. and it will shorten the service requirements from six years to four years which will allow iraq and afghanistan war veterans to participate in this program. this is a program that has provided a pathway for the finest americans to participate and be in the classroom with the talents of stem area and and it has demonstrated recruited teachers into the classroom. it has introduced male teachers and minority teachers which i think is going to benefit our education system. it's an amendment that has been endorsed by veteran service organizations from emthe american legion and education groups has endorsed this measure and i thank the chairman for including this amendment in the encomblock amendment and urge -- en bloc amendment and i urge support and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. mckeon: i yield three minutes to mr. luetkemeyerer. mr. luetkemeyer: i rise in support of e

the arizona department of education is sending evaluators ought to audit teachers and their english speakinglish, have a heavy accent or don't speak grammatically correct they will be reassigned. so far some teachers have been cited for fluency. >> as you expect science teachers to know science or math teachers to know math, you expect the teachers teaching english to know english. >> they say they are trying to ensure everyone is aware of the state laws. >>> and britney murphy's husband dies months after she dies. >>> and more damage to the coastline and we'll talk with one resident of lousiana about what they are stay with us. fox 5 morning news will be right back. it's 8:26 right now. >>> taking a look at stories making headlines. investigators investigating the death of britney murphy's husband. simon monjack was found dead in the home that they shared. it was the same home murphy collapsed before dying back in december. he appears to have died of natural causes but they are still investigating into a fender-bender for a president clinton. he was headed to yale to deliver a speech. no on

the use of energy retrofits and energy-efficient technology that may be part of the department of energy's stem education activities. i've been an advocate of renewable energy while reare preserving our natural re-- while preserving our natural resources. it's important we have a well-trained and knowledgeable work force in place to take advantage of every job opportunity that is created. alternative energy is an economic boom for rural districts like the one i represent, the third congressional district of colorado is leading the way with innovations in solar, wind and woody biomass. in the san luis valley, where i live, there is an eight megawatt solar farm with more in the works. however, it is critical to reduce the cost of america's families and our impact on the environment that the men and women who build, repair and refurbish our homes incorporate green technology in their options. in a recent study, scientists at the department of energy's berkley laboratory found that the rate of employment growth will depend in part on how effectively the nation deploys training and educational programs for th

honorable stephanie tubbs jones fire suppression demonstration incentive program within the department of education to promote installation of fire sprinkler systems or other fire suppression or prevention technologies in qualified student housing and dormitories, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from ohio, ms. fudge, and the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. petri, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from ohio. ms. fudge: mr. speaker, i request five legislative days during which members may revise and extend and insert extraneous material on h.r. 2136 into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. ms. fudge: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of h.r. 2136. i would like to thank chairman miller, ranking member kleine, members of the education and labor committee, and 70 members on both sides of the aisle who co-sponsored this important legislation. the honorable stephanie tubbs jones college fire prevention act. during the last eight years of her career in congress, the honorable stephanie t

they want to eliminate the department of education.y're the ones who want to cut taxes for the highest earners, borrow the money from the chinese to pay for it, and stick everyone else's kids with the bill. they want to take us backward when we know we need to move colorado and our country forward. and you know what i think? you know what i think? that's what a lot of republican and unafillated voters in this state want to do as well, move colorado and our country forward. colorado is a wonderful place as everybody knows, blessed with great people, people like you, people like the people behind me on this stage, people who are working hard today and couldn't be here with remarkable optimism and an independent spirit. if we're going to get away from the same old political games that have failed us time and time before, we have to summon the strength to listen to what people are eally saying and help them leave the talking heads and politicians -- lead the talking heads and politicians rather than the other way around. [cheers and applau

small businessman to support free markets, despite the government intrusion to dismantle the department of educationll never undercut our troops. the u.s. military is not administering social programs in afghanistan. they are risking their lives to protect this nation. we must say yes when we are asked to sacrifice. as your senator, i will ask all of america to transform entitlements. thank you. vote for me for senate. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] >> hi there. good morning. it is an honor to be among went -- to be among men and women of good spirits. today, the causes we champion had even greater consequence. by our side, a man engaged in our battles, he rarely speaks up for itself. that is unusual for politicians. today, i want to stick up for him. you know his principles. he is a man of faith and family, who loves freedom and free enterprise. today, he faces an uphill battle at this convention. some may disagree with a handful of his boats or simply want a new face. but with a sweet and arrogance in the onslaught of democrats today, we need intellect and loyalty and power. [years an

if you are a democrat, independent, or republican, and you care about preserving the department of educationu cannot opt for rand paul because he wants to do away with all of that. if you or a democrat, independent, or republican and our great commonwealth of kentucky and you care about the american with disabilities act, then you cannot afford rand paul because he wants to do away with that. if you or a democrat, independent, or republican in this country -- [laughter] if you are a democrat, independent, or republican who cares about the civil rights act, then you cannot afford rand paul because he does not think it has a place in our society. if you are a farmer in our beloved commonwealth of kentucky, then you cannot afford rand paul because he thinks that we need to do away with agricultural programs. and if you finally want these bridges belt -- built all over our great commonwealth, bridges littered still lead and figuratively, then you cannot afford rand paul because he will not want to build them, ladies and gentlemen. rand paul is tapping into a lot of anti-washington sentiment. but

department of education. [applause] for 45 years, ever since the passage of the elementary and secondary education act, the government has encouraged states, and districts and schools to promote parental involvement in children's education. parental involvement, for example, has been a cornerstone of headstart. yet the department has done a mediocre job of supporting parental engagement. we have been too concerned with monitoring for compliance and not concerned enough with improving student learning and boosting meaningful family engagement. part of the problem has been a parade of parental involvement policies in the last half century. at various times, congress and the department have promoted parent advisory council meetings, volunteering in school, school parent context, and helping children learn at home, yet these policies have rarely been shown to move the needle on the student achievement. it is well documented and common sense that parental involvement in taught -- child education boost student learn

guest: we have enough problems focusing on schools without necessarily getting into department of education. and i was a sixth grade teacher. very often i hear people who tend to talk down on teachers and basically talk about the salaries that they make, which are pitifully poor, by the way. i challenge anyone to spend a day in class with a 25 to 30 at the lessons for six hours and then tell me at the end of the day is not -- if that is not the hardest work you have ever done. it is an incredibly tough, difficult job these folks do in, day out. they cannot even afford to live in communities they are teaching because the pay is so loaded -- so low. after they've been doing this for 30 years and getting retirement, people talking about the retirement system and the grudging them the fact that they have worked for 30 years to at least get that benefit, and now they are talking about reducing or taking that away from them. it is very hard job and we appreciate the work they do. host: this muirkirk is back to the days of the state teachers' colleges -- this reviewer harkens back to the days of s

on a businessman to support free market despite government intrusion and to dismantle the department of education. count on this too. i will never undercut our troops. the u.s. military is notted a -- administering social programs, they're risking this -- their lives to protect this nation. weust say yes when we're asked to sacrifice. i'll ask all americans to reform sfwilements. i'm tim bridgewater, vote for me for senate. [cheering] >> hi, there. good morning. good morning. it is an honor. it is an honor to be among good and women of good spirit. our traders have property olympic triumph and the causes we champion have even greater conskens. by our side, a man who has been so engaged in our battles that he rarely speaks up for himself. and that's unusual for politicians. today i want to speak up for him. you know his principles. he's a man of faith, and family and -- who loves freedom and free enterprise. and today heaces an uphill battle a this convention. some play disagree with a handful of his votes or simply want a new face, but with the sweep and arrogance of the liberal onslaught "today

i would to -- i would eliminate the department of education and permit that to the state. if you send less money to washington, you will have more money in your state and the courts which are not appropriate, there is not a financial role for the financial -- for the government for awarding scholarships or building programs on campus? >> most of that money is better given back to the states and spend at the state level where the decisions are more close to home and more local decisions and not in washington i think there is a federal role for education. we need to think of this in the overall context of spending. we have to spend less. starting with that, this goes back to our earlier discussion. there are strategic needs that our universities have put some of those dollars can come from the federal the government. i support financial aid for those students. he would end the financial and for those students. -- financial aid for the students. it is inappropriate use of federal taxpayer dollars bequest to the federal government sponsors certain programs? >> no. education be

he has vowed to abolish the department of education and the federal reserve and who vows to basically oppose, oppose, oppose at a time we need constructive solutions to challenges we face. they're now feeling the tea party bite. in utah, tea party candidates defeated a very conservative long-serving u.s. senator, bob bennett. in florida, the tea party has split the electorate in two dividing the voters between the two candidates. in maine, the tea party hijacked the republican party convention and approved a far right platform full of conservative admittings and conspiracy theories. in arizona, senator john mccain, the man they picked as presidential nominee less than two years ago has to reverse course on lifelong political positions to defend off a primary challenger from a tea party candidate. in order to satisfy tea part activists, republicans are running to the right. as a result, the party is becoming narrower and less welcoming to moderate candidates. if this is eliminated, the party will being less appealing to independents and swing voters. as we move from the primary season

revolving loans finance finances first loan and the amount of $1.3 million to the kentucky department of education. we are especially proud to note the large beneficiary of the night grew green finance project is the kentucky school for the blind located in local kentucky in the heart of representative yarmouth's district. the school of the blind offers programs for approximately 70 blind or visually impaired students grades k-12. this is a vivid and beautiful example of how the stimulus dollars that you authorized to work to benefit some of our country's most deserving citizens. but despite these early successes we still have a long way to go to meet governor bashir's goals. the 14.4 million-dollar recovery act investment provided a good start but we have more than 200 million-dollar needs expressly state agencies. that doesn't even include the much larger universities, county, municipal and school board across this day. we have explored other financing options such as the recovery act, tax credit and build america bonds program but our state's credit is arty burden by type budget circumstance an