duncan: and director nussle wrote at the time i introduced that bill with congressman moore he said to reach this objective i believe we must improve and streamline the current process the federal agencies face in disposing real property assets. therefore i applaud your introduction of h.r. 3049 which would establish a five-year pilot program for expediting the disposal of properties no longer needed by the federal government. we have got to wake up, mr. speaker, and realize that private property is the

our amazing secretary of education on the duncan knows.w, folks across the country know, everybody knows. together as a community you have embraced the model of the school district for it every child, every opportunity, every time. every time. every child, every opportunity, every time. you believe like guide to that every young person, every child, regardless of what they look like, where they come from, how much money their parents have, every child deserves a quality education. no exceptions. [applause] and i'm here tonight because i think that america can learn about what learns for an -- what makes for a successful school in this new century. you have got educators raising standards and inspiring their students to meet them. you have community members who are tutors and mentors and coaches. let parents taking an active interest in their child's education, attending those teacher conferences. yes, turning off that tv once in awhile and making sure that homework gets done. arne duncan is here tonight because these are the values, these

-- school administrations to meet with secretary duncan. he will speak about the challenges faced by rural schools. not to be outdone by my friend from wyoming, i went to a grade school where in one room we had the first, -- let's see. kindergarten, first, second. the big room had 6, 7, and eight. in my eighth grade class, there were six of us. that is pretty darn rural. green dot has opened 18 successful charter schools, including aid as part of a turnaround of a high school in watts. prior to joining green got, he was working with -- green dot, he was working with another organization. he will talk about district models for charter schools. i think all of you. reject by -- i thank all of you for being here today from long distances away and for being willing to get involved in the most important bill we are doing, the reauthorization of the elementary and secondary education act. let me start with my longtime friends and the ccancellor of the new york city schools, mr. joel klein. wellcome. >> thank you, mr. share. it is a pleasure to be

duncan: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the the gentlewoman from north carolina for yielding me this time. and we have been told that this is the time the majority wanted us to discuss this proposal by the gentleman from utah, mr. chaffetz. so that's why we are doing this at this time. i want first of all to commend mr. chaffetz for his proposal which would save taxpayer money and which would potentially account -- cut into the huge deficit -- huge debt we have in a very significant way. as he mentioned we have a national debt of over $13 trillion now. the congress recently voted to raise the debt limit to $14.3 trillion. 245es an -- that's an incomprehensible figure. what it means is in a few short years we are not going to be able to pay all our social security, veterans pensions, and civil service pensions and all the things we promised with other own people. congress in those years will not politically be able to come in and cut the benefits but print more money. and people will find that their pensions that the

education secretary arne duncan has said 100,000 to 300,000 public school employees are at risk of losingheir jobs. unions put the number of potential teacher layoffs at 160,000, with the biggest cuts projected to come in states like new york, up to 16,000, and california, as many as 36,000. a year ago, states were confronted with the possibility of making similar cuts but federal stimulus funds helped avoid them. this year, no apparent relief is in sight. the threat of layoffs comes as school systems from coast to coast seek to implement major education reforms, including the often contentious issue of how to weigh teacher experience against teacher performance. >> where's civilization? inside or outside? >> reporter: that includes washington, d.c., a reform effort we've been chronicling for the past few years where just yesterday the teacher's union ratified a new contract. it gives school superintendent michelle rhee greater authority to remove educators deemed ineffective. the agreement also sets a new standard for teacher pay, one based on classroom results instead of seniority. it a

. >> reporter: john duncan prinsloo, a farmer and veterinarian, has decided to sell his farm, the result of a tragedy that stuck late in 2009. armed robbers broke through his security system and killed his wife of 34 years, leticia. prinsloo himself hasn't recovered from gunshot wounds to his back. >> i want to be able to move around in this country and do my work and be productive in this country without having to walk around with a firearm in my pocket, without having to stay in the house... look. this is a bloody jail, man! it's not a house. this is a jail! ,. >> reporter: crime, which used to be confined to the black townships, now indeed is rampant throughout the country, with 50 homicides daily. despite the government tripling its spending on tacking the problem. that's not the only tough issue facing the post-apartheid country. all south africans complain about the declining quality of public services, police and government workers falling down on the job, underperforming schools and universities that don't turn out enough and qualified black candidates for skilled jobs. jenny car

duncan, you' recognized five minutes. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. thank you for holding another hearing and trying to call attention to all the problems, all the waste, fraud and abuse. one scandal after another that's gone on for many years. throughout all this time we had more contractors than subcontractors than we had soldiers in these areas. i heard mr. fontaine say a moment ago the use of contracto by the military has gone on since the founding of the country. there's never been the ridiculous mark-ups, the almost excessive, obscene profiteering, the rip-offs of the taxpayers that have gone on to the extent they have gonon in iraq and afghanistan. these wars have been far more about money than they have been about any real threat to this nation. it's really very sad about what's gone on. there is no real way to correct when you have prime companies dealing with each other. things are done at a fourth or third or half the cost that you have when you have the federal government involved. has been the worst and the most expensive of any of the fe

duncan. the chair will now recognize himself for five minutes. as the only member of this committee, we are working to improve the region. since chicago is the transportation hub for the nation, what is good for chicago is good for the nation. i believe that this merger will benefit the chicago region. in addition, it has the potential to be good for the o'hare airport in the o'hare modernization program. it is definitely good for our nation's air traffic. however, there are a number of critical issues that need to be examined. we would see how the impact wouldn't affect service. we have gone through the issue and i am sure that we will hear more about that and we have spoken about that in your testimony. we also need to look at the impact that the merger would have on jobs, especially with respect to job loss. finally, we also need to make sure that there is a commitment by at the new united airlines to increase capacity. right now, it would most critically provide runaways and reduce by 75% at o'hare. two runways have already been completed and

>> on behalf of secretary duncan and president obama -- i am glad you are reminded me of that.n this country, the president has staked out a very clear goal for 2020 for us to return as that number one nation in terms of decrees that american citizens would holfrom mid-198's prosperity was connected to those americans who held those degrees. in 1983 through 1985, a couple of things happen that we did not notice very quickly. countries like canada, japan, korea began to slip by us. austria, finland, in the percentage of people who had those college degrees. the president believes that is a serious issue that will significantly limit our long- term economic growth if it is not addressed. we have heard lot of responses from people across the country. his focus is to try to look very carefully at that base of the pipeline, which is our community college system, the career- technical system. that is a place for those i call the maybe population. will i go on to higher education or not? in those 3 year completion rates for community college, we have about an 80% fall down rate for fi

host: in support of bp, duncan tweets -- guest: gee, had a heart -- have a heart out there. these are fishing vote captains, small mom-and-pop restaurant owners. in florida, we have chosen not to industrialized our coastline. we rely on tourism, clean water, clean beaches. folks are angry that safety matters, that they merely cut corners. it is apparent based on the evidence i have received in the energy and commerce committee, that they put process over safety. they will have to pay a price under the oil pollution act of 1990 that says the responsible party must pay for cleanup. we all know there will be impacts of this disaster that will not be contained in that law. right now, there is a 75 million-dollar cap on damages. that is a drop in the bucket on total damages. i would like to put you in touch with someone like patti hubbard, who owns a restaurant in clearwater, florida. there are 20 people in her family. she said, we made it through the recession, the coldest winter ever. they are hard-working folks. why should they be on the hook for bp's criminal actions? host: w

duncan from tenssee. m duncan:hank you, mr. speaker. i ask permison to dress the house for five minutes ando revise and extend my remarks. the speak pro tempore: the gentman has five minutes, without objecti. mr.uncan: mr. speer, in todas washinon on which further preedings we postned, the very prominent -- on today's "washington post," a cull upist has an -- columnist has an aicle sing that whave a jobless recoveryterm we're hearing from more and rexper througut the country. i can tell you that allover this country colleagues -- graduateare having trole finding jobs and many are having to work as waiterand itresses restaurants or very low-paying jobs. large part that's because environmeal ricalists have forced to send millions of good jobs to other countries for 30 years or more now and that the in cause of that probm. but another problem that's going on all over te country is theredit situatn. and yestery in "the washiton tis" there was a lengthy arcle about the problem tt is still going on that the banks are not makin loans to anyone

we would like to take him off shore, duncan down, and see what these days.re are large ones of oil under the surface. for him to say that it does not exist is theile and he is an embarrassment. >> i do not believe a word out of anybody from bp. all they are doing is cya at this point. talk about your conversation with president obama and ultimately the response to the biggest ecological disaster in the history of this country. >> this meeting is because of that meeting. i thank the president for that. the panel that i am looking at the start reprt the people -- though not represent the people and hopefully we can commenin this meeting, beuse the panel was handpicked. we will see the arguments and the outcomes. but anything less is unacceptable. we will wage war on whoever we have an -- have to to protect the wetlands. that is what is happening as we speak. >> whose specifically do you not like on this panel that will again that when the louisiana can build these sand berms, 80 miles with a sand berms, that were there, that nature intended to be there before

i n would like toieldwo minutes tistinged colleague fr tennessee, duncan. thspeaker pro tempore: th entlan is regnized. mr. dunn: mr. speaker, than you very much. thank the gentlelady from north carolina for ying me te. don't think i'd take that much time, but each work day every member of congress receives a pblication called "congress dail" a few months ago the "congss day" had a cartoon that showed the president and his secrety reasury hollering out ", an, an th it showed the banks wiuge bags full of money anhenocal exins pulling back saying, no no, no. and then the crux of the problem. the bankhave plenty of mey to loabut they've got the examiners at theocal lel aying no, no, no. this is something that both ministraionsave aged on because president bh and his secrety of the treasur started this back befo president obama even mento ofce urging e bas to make more loans to small businesses but they can't ibecause the examiners have tned down at every kind oloan tha theyanteto me expt to people w didt ne loans. just weekend befo last i had a banker in east

we would like to take him off shore, duncan down, and see what these days. there are large ones of oil under the surface. for him to say that it does not exist is the nile and he is an embarrassment. >> i do not believe a word out of anybody from bp. all they are doing is cya at this point. talk about your conversation with president obama and ultimately the response to the biggest ecological disaster in the history of this country. >> this meeting is because of that meeting. i thank the president for that. the panel that i am looking at the start represent the people -- though not represent the people and hopefully we can comment in this meeting, because the panel was handpicked. we will see the arguments and the outcomes. but anything less is unacceptable. we will wage war on whoever we have an -- have to to protect the wetlands. that is what is happening as we speak. >> whose specifically do you not like on this panel that will again that when the louisiana can build these sand berms, 80 miles with a sand berms, that were there, that nature intended to be

duncan, alabama. peter, on the independent line. caller: i would like to refer your listeners to an article about a year ago by a former assistant secretary of state. unfortunately i can't remember his name. explaining the situation with the taliban and the pashtun. the pashtun are actually and indigenous people -- they are comprised of 14 million people. they really, they lost their validity at the time of the british colonization of india. they were carved up and divided between pakistan and afghanistan. and the taliban is their religious leadership. yes, they are extreme, but they aren't fighting against foreign powers in their country. i don't think anybody really focus on the past two -- pashtun. host: with all that said, is a time for the u.s. to get out? caller: it is very complicated. i'm 50-50. host: thank you for calling in. a reminder, for active duty personnel, 202-628-0184 is the number for you to call. it picture of prescott bush in 1989 with president bush. president bush, the younger brother of president bush, he die

gary duncan tweets -- t is a call from michael. caller: the issue i would like to discuss is national as well as global. i have not heard media or any politician speak of this sense back in the '60s, and it is overpopulation. think about it. if the presence explosion of population, like it has doubled in something like 35 years globally, were to somehow or another be curbs and people use some reason and rationality, we would have less oil spills because we would need less oil, we would need less government officials because we would simply have fewer people, we would have less pollution because not so many people would be driving automobiles and so forth, and, you know, it is a simple problem but the remedy is probably fairly complex and due to different religions and some countries with, let's say, and go over all iq. but it -- it is something that needs to be looked at, and it is something that would cause a lot of disruption i would say politically, so all of the politicians and for the most part media run from this issue and do

host: this question from gary duncan -- "please ask your guest if the strength of marijuana is greater today than in the past. that is what i have heard." guest: research has been done on the thc in marijuana, and that is also expressed in the world drug report. as gone up significantly, an average of 2% per year for the last number of years. so the marijuana that old people might remember is not the marijuana that is out there today. host: if the congress does not grant you the amount of money this year, how will your plans unfold? guest: i think we have very unique collaboration is right now. we ask people from the department of justice and the part of justice and health and human -- to all come together as we put together president obama's national drug control strategy. the other thing in that strategy is the president asked us very clearly to hear the voices of the american people. that is why we travelled from portland to boston to florida to ask people, whether they were in recovery or treatment or prevention programs, what should be in there. we think some of the very smart col

defenseman duncan keith, the james norris memorial trophy winner of this year.to a team of all-stars, including brian campbell as well. we had several olympians who also competed. we have players who won the gold medal and stanley cup which never happens. the long-suffering, dedicated blalk -- blackhawk fans who enjoyed this victory ever since. fans to cheer for the years in which we didn't quite make the playoffs but they love the mad on madison. i yield back now, but it was a wonderful night and we appreciate your co-sponsorships. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from the district of columbia. ms. norton: well, i want to congratulate my colleague, mr. quigley, and understand why he and chicago are ecstatic. i urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this measure. is the gentleman from california ready to yield back the balance of his time? mr. bilbray: mr. speaker, i'd like to congratulate the gentleman, again, and chicago, which has had a good run the last couple of years. seeing how committed the

>> secretary duncan's theory of action comes out of this idea of at this point, how do we have competitiveucational goals for students? our theory is to put forward competitiveness for those tracking race to the top, for example. we put out competitive grants to move people along in certain directions. our goal in secondary and post secondary education is to use the american graduation initiative which was not fully funded. this fall, we will go back to a summit of community colleges and hopefully revitalize that conversation. that is the goal of the president. what we need now is to see how models like the ones we are reducing and the ones that we saw and move forward by exemplifying those particular pieces that are effective. some resources that are connected to that we think will help, as well. >> we will come back to innovation. one thing i have always wondered about is what the university is allowed to have high failure rates when many students are subsidized by federal dollars with no incentives to the purveyors of the educational content to be more successful if they would like to c