-- in a budget committee, which i'm the ranking republican last week, testimony from the department of education. they're asking for an 11% increase when the inflation rate is 2. the department of energy asked for a 9.5% increase. amazingly the department of education came in with a 62% increase in spending. is this the way to bring this country under control? is this what the american people expected when they voted last election and sent a new house of representatives and new senators here? i don't think so. and what do we hear? there will be another vote for fear that we can't reduce spending because the nation will sink into the ocean. i don't think so and the american people don't think so and cities and counties and states are facing these same situations and make tough decisions and being successful at it. so the decision we make on spending could well determine the fate of our nation and our economy. it's that important. it really is. 40% of every dollar we spend today is borrowed. we will spend this fiscal yea year $3.5 trillion, but we only take in $2.2 trillion. did you know that? con

the department of education was in last week, they want 11%. the department of interior was in, the president proposed a 9.5% increase in their spending. increases, 2012, that's their proposal. what world are they in? what about transportation? you know what they proposed to increase transportation by? $62 billion excuse me -- 62%. this -- this -- what world are we operating in? all right. you say you just exaggerating, it's business as usual, we don't have to make any changes. we need to make investments, sessions. this country needs to have more investments. the state department had a 33% increase in two years. education department's had a 30% increase. i mean, when does it stop? if you reduce some of the increases that's been obtained is that some real cut or is it just moving back to a more sane level? that's what it is. but when you don't have money, you have to make tough decisions. so, again, the question is, are you just raising this politically? you're just trying to make a political point or is it really something here that's happening

i commend you on the work you are doing on investing in education these couple of years you have been heading the department of education. i want to ask a question that is easy and doesn't cost much money. that is that there are some school districts in the great state of texas that start school early august, not after labor day and you spoke about increasing school average daily attendance above 90%, which is being done today in some of my school districts in my district, so i know it's doable. but, if we could give the flu shots to the students in early august as well as the teachers and maybe the staff that serve them in the cafeteria and drive the busses, i think we would have fewer children getting sick and more being able to attend. that should be easy and same cost that we do it in august versus doing it in october. is that something you can support? >> absolutely and work very, very close with secretary sebelius on issues. h1n1 she did a remarkable job. it makes all the sense in the world. >> i'll send you a memo because we need it in texas. i also want to say i believe our nation must do more to ex

for the department of education. this is live coverage on c-span 3. >> despite this year's projected budget deficit of $1.6 trillion, the administration has put forward a plan for the next decade that includes $8.7 trillion in new spending, $1.5 trillion in new taxes, and $13 trillion in new debt. proposing a budget that once again spends too much, taxes too much and borrows too much is not the kind of leadership america deserves. i'm disappointed to see this lack of leadership in the administration's budget proposal for the department of education which includes a request for $48.8 billion in so-called, quote, nonpel discretionary spending. closed quote. this is a new term or phrase for washington and it attempts to conceal the true costs associated with the proposal. behind this gimmick lies an additional request for $28.6 billion in discretionary spending for the pell grant program, as well as $12.6 billion in mandatory costs, a total request of $41.2 billion for the program. here's the bottom line. the department

bill bennett who who at one point campaigned for president on the platform of destroying the department of education in charge of the department of education that's that's what he did that's actually that's sort of the classic example but the it goes it's much worse than that it's also involves appointing cronies incompetence intentionally well because they don't really care you know because they don't believe in government that's right its government is not important or going to outsource all the all the work anyway there's all this money has been laid around for moyes to exactly it so it's a it's a place where people. go to get rich it here in d.c. this is the wrecking crew starts off with a little known for it was a little known fact at the time maybe it's better known now washington d.c. is essentially the richest city in america the washington metro area and then i did a sort of historical you know rundown of that when did that happen how did that happen that it happened because of liberals and the really creepy thing is that you notice washington shoots up i'm not in the ranks of american citi

of education around what's going on in the field. >> can i ask the representative for us is going to be mr. lazard. >> commissioner yi? jo i'll add to the history. why did the department of education fund this piece they actually funded child care. we have money coming. jo for cal works. historically because education funded child care. the other thing we wanted to point out was the traditional sort of definition of child care was not what the state used for their services nor baz it what we use in san francisco. we meanerly childhood education. people would assume it is just babysitting and not he had kiss. >> to that point, we work closely with a lot of members of the unified school district. we have really strong ties. i can voug for the a mount ys. >> thank you. there are no public speakers on this matter. item m, there were no eye texases. item o, consent calendar. item o, roll call, please. >> no on k 1 and k 4. >> reporting on the committee of service action, there were one. the proposals for first reading. board members proposals for first reading. i need a motion and second. >> thank you. held for action. it is in support of renaming the burnett child develop

the climate was that, and there's one artist that was approached by the department of education in thoseears that is the son of puerto rican parents that has already gone to art school at pratt-- so downtown-- and who's starting to lead a very prominent international career. his name is raphael montañez ortiz, and the department of education approaches him to build some curriculum so that curriculum studies will bring some of that puerto rican experience of being a latino artist to the schools. and he says, "no, we're going to create a museum. curriculum is not good enough." and apparently, they and... and then the man from the department of education was like, "well, that's so ambitious," i mean, "this is a very young man, imagine," and on. >> hinojosa: and he's basically saying... >> saying, "i'm going to create..." >> hinojosa: ..."i want to create a major cultural institution in new york city. >> and his answer to this man who's saying, "this is very ambitious," he said, "if i were an alpinist, i would be the first puerto rican climbing the everest, and i think climbing the everest m

of success. over the past seven years, this program has helped more than 3,000 low-income children receive a high-quality education at the private school of their choice. the department of education's own research confirms the program's success in increasing graduation rates to more than 90% in the low-income population of students previously trapped, trapped in underperforming schools. additionally, the scholarship program has improved parental involvement in education. four consecutive studies have shown parents of program participants are more engaged in their children's education and more satisfied with their academic progress than parents of public school students. the evidence is clear, mr. speaker, this innovative program works and serves as a real alternative for parents who want to give their children the educational opportunities they never had. yet, despite this proof, the administration and some in congress are determined to destroy this groundbreaking program. without the d.c. opportunity scholarship program, thousands of parents will be denied an opportunity to make decisions about their children's education. equally troubling, thousands of children wil

the department of education's own figures show an 11% cut between this year and next year. and he's not just cutting the budget. he's removed the ring fence that kept those sure start centers open. that protected the budget. now, mr. speaker, we are getting used to the prime minister's question u-turn. we've seen it on zeal sport. we've seen it on housing benefit and we've seen it most recently on forests. i mean, he does have a capacity to ditch a policy and dump a colleague in it. why doesn't he stop this super bowl too and reinstate the sure start ring fence? >> in a minute he's going to give me a mention on family loyalty. [laughter] >> let me say this to the right honorable gentleman, let me say this to the honorable gentleman. he comes here every week and he says he opposes the defense cuts, he oppose himself changes in the home office, he opposes any changes to local government and yet in four weeks times in four weeks time, his own cuts program, the darling program comes into place. 14 billion pounds of cuts, only 2 billion less than we proposed starting in four wee

department of education investigating a complaint made by an instructor. that campus is a hostile environment for jewish students. the university is denying the allegations. >>> the food and drug administration is warning consumers about online ads for antiradiation pills. the fda says real potassium iodine can help block some types of radiation. but they warn that con artist are -- health officials ad there is no need for anyone in the united states to be taking the pills any way because no radiation from japan has been detected here. >>> american idol is down to 11 contestants. >> the person in danger of leaving us tonight is karen. kay lee you are safe. >> two pretty girls. 21-year-old karen rodriguez sang love will lead you back in both english and spanish. rodriguez got another chance to sing and the final decision was put to the judges who have one opportunity to save a performer this season. >> this is not unanimous i must say. we talked over it quite a bit. i mean the judges here were not going to use it tonight unfortunately. >> santa cruz jane ar

it proposes a new early learning challenge fund, a partnership with the department of education, which promotes state innovation and early education. these initiatives combined with the quality efforts underway in headstart are an important part of the education agenda to help every child reaches his or her academic potential and make our nation more competitive. the budget also promotes a strong family relationships. it supports child-support and fatherhood initiative that encourages fathers to take responsibility for their children, change his policies and more of that support reaches the children, and maintains the commit to vigorous enforcement, promoting healthy relationships between fathers and their children. we also fund a new performance based incentives. such as reducing long-term foster's days and the recurrence of choked no treatment. -- of child maltreatment. we need to make every budget dollar account. that is why we provide a support for the and president bush to step out waste, fraud, and abuse. an effort that more than pays for itself, returning a record of $4 billion

. >>> the california department of education says it expects districts will fail to meet their financial obligations either this year or next. the superintendent says the more districts will be in trouble if the state fails to extend temporary tax increases. the hayward unified school district talk to that list followed by two districts. >>> technicians are working to fix a major computer crash at bart's. application started coming in after bart posted two positions online. one job center said it saw people apply first thing monday morning. >> there is a million people coming here all the time and there are the same people every day coming here for six or seven months looking for work. >> they say train operations were not affected and is a message on the site tonight telling people not to try to apply again until the end of the week. >>> power is back on in downtown berkeley. customers were left without electricity for hours today. the electricity went out about 11:15 a.m. bart trains did not stop at the berkeley stations during the outage. power was returned within three hours. >>> a k

their wonderful book it that documents the kinsey collection has been selected by the florida department of educationhe curriculum to team african-american studies to 3.6 million students throughout the state. so that's also a wonderful accomplishment. it's indeed mip pleasure to welcome a man to waves a wonderful cultural narrative of a people. please, give a warm welcome to bernard kinsey. bernard? [applause] .

department of education office of civil rights. office of civil rights has enforcement responsibilities around federal civil rights legislation in schools. they were trying to raise the awareness of school districts and one school district to know that they're going to be looking at issues of bullying. one of the issues we have at the national school boards association is that we did not take too expansive a reading of federal civil rights legislation. in other words, equating bullying that happens in school with civil-rights violations may not necessarily be the best way to address the concerns of bullying in the school. host: why so? guest: bullying is unique and very fact-based. it requires the intervention of school officials in experienced educators to have that experience. you have to remember that federal civil rights legislation is intended as a remedy. after a said of the grievances have happened, we try the case and after protractile if the plaintiff wins, then it damages, right? we are talking about federal civil-rights

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their wonderful book it that documents the kinsey collection has been selected by the florida department of educationhe curriculum to team african-american studies to 3.6 million students throughout the state. so that's also a wonderful accomplishment. it's indeed mip pleasure to welcome a man to waves a wonderful cultural narrative of a people. please, give a warm welcome to bernard kinsey. bernard? [applause] . >> first of all i want to make sure you can hear me. who has the sound in here? just bring it up a little bit so we can do this. first of all, luis, thank you so much to the san francisco public libraries, stewart, shaw, and carroll. up guys have done a super job. you've got to come down to the san francisco african-american historical society. we have about 50 pieces of the kinsey collection there that documents the frick american experience from 1600 through civil rights. first of all, al, sh go back to florida. and they knew each other before i knew shirley. we've had this long, what, 50-year relationship and bond. so when al called me about bringing some pieces here to san francisco, we

agreement entered into on december 30, 1982, by the naacp, sfusd, and the california state department of education has as its goal the development and academic excellence as well as full desegregation in every school classroom and program. in 1984, six schools were included in original phase of this decree. burton, king, carver, charles drew, sir frances drake which is now malcolm x, and horseman. there was a special plan in place for the bay view hunters point called the special plan but here we are again. no offense, but why are we here? there is work to be done. the most important concern that i have as a parent and as a parent in the bay view is to close the achievement gap within the targeted population. no offense, people, but the white traditional way of teaching is not working because the teacher is the key to closing the achievement gap, i believe teachers must be well equipped and have the competency to teach our most challenging students of today and a lot of them do come from the bay view. we must have qualified teachers to educate our children. stop using the bay view as a dumping zon

the department of education says the school has to pay the maximum fine of $55,000 but did not take awayny of its $98 million in student aid. the university says it will appeal. >>> almost a year after the massive oil spill in the gulf, a possible security breach at bp. the company says an employee lost a laptop containing the data of thousands of people who filed claims after the gulf oil spill. the company sent a letter notify being them their information was in the computer, but says there is no evidence that it is being misused. >>> the u.s. justice department is exploring whether to bring manslaughter charges against bp. 11 crew members died in the blast on the deepwater horizon. the explosion caused a huge leak, gushing oil for three months. it was the largest spill in history. but, prosecutors could have a hard time proving their case. >> they need to prove some culpability on behalf of some individuals at the well, perhaps even corporate actors for ignoring known risks. >> bp officials could also face perjury charges if they lied to congress after the accident. >>> a killer whale

the department of education, department o commerce, and the national endowment for the arts. they also get a considerable amount of money from local radio stations. why do they need more? thank you. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from tennessee reserves the balance of her time. the gentlelady from california. ms. eshoo: i would like to inquire how much time we have left. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california has two minutes remaining. the gentlelady from tennessee has 4 1/2 minutes remaining. ms. eshoo: how many sakers does the gentlelady from tennessee still have? mrs. blackburn: mr. speaker, once they finish their speakers, then i will close for our side. ms. eshoo: how many speakers do you have? mrs. blackburn: once they finish with their speakers ail -- i'll be ready to close. ms. eshoo: i reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: i believe the gentlelady from tennessee is prepared to close. so the gentlelady from california is recognized. ms. eshoo: i yield one minute to the gentleman, the brilliant, brillian

department of education has find virginia tech to receive $55,000 for waiting too long to notify students that a campus massacre was taking place. 33 people were killed by a fellow student who went on a rampage in 2007. the department said a far larger fine was warranted, but the amount imposed was the amount -- the maximum amount allowed by law. the u.s. supreme court has been hearing evidence on -- in one of the largest sex discrimination cases and whether richard go ahead. -- whether it should go ahead. these women have brought a class action suit on behalf of 1 million women against wal-mart. wal-mart denies the allegations. there are reports of computers of top government officials, including the prime minister possibly, have been hacked. we are joining sydney with more. 10 ministers have had their computers hacked into, including the foreign minister and the prime minister. this is not just hacking, if it is true, is it? it is espionage. >> according to the newspapers in australia, this amounts to a breach of national security. these allegations have emerged in a couple of australia

the department of education was in last week, they want 11%. he department of interior was in, the president proposed a 9.5% increase in their spending. increases, 2012, that's their proposal. what world are they in? what about transportation? you know what they proposed to increase transportation by? $62 billion excuse me -- 62%. this -- this -- what world are we operating in? all right. you say you just exaggerating, it's business as usual, we don't have to make any changes. we need to make investments, sessions. this country needs to have more investments. the state department had a 33% increase in two years. education department's had a 30% increase. i mean, when does it stop? if you reduce some of the increases that's been obtained is that some real cut or is it just moving back to a more sane level? that's what it is. but when you don't have money, you have to make tough decisions. so, again, the question is, are you just raising this politically? you're just trying to make a political point or is it really something here that's happening