host: your report was generated by a request from the house education committee. what happens next to this report with that committee? what will that committee do with your report? guest: historically, congress uses gao reports in any number of ways. they may hold hearings on the topic, form legislation, raise awareness on issues when there are recommendations. this report does not happen to have any recommendations but the federal agencies may take action in response to a gao report as well. we know the department of education is beginning to look at and revisit some of its guidance to schools around dealing with these issues, so we may see some changes in the future. we will have to wait and see. host: next up is mary on our parents line from wisconsin. caller: good morning and god bless you. i just wanted to mention that in one school, a soccer coach shook my daughter and my daughter ended up getting her fired because my daughter was secure in using her voice. altogether, only one girl stood up to her and supported her, and that was after she graduated from hig

education and justice are jointly tasked with enforcing. host: this is the report just released last month from gao. report to the committee on education, labor, the housef representatives, k-12 education, hate speech, hate crimes and victimization in schools. jackie nowicki with the government accountability office , thank you for being here. guest: thank you for having me. host: up next on "washington journal," the bipartisan chief medical officer, dr. anand parekh joins us to talk about the latest on the coronavirus pandemic, the omicron variant and the new bbc report on how to improve the u.s. public health system. ♪ >> the senate is back today at 3:00 p.m. eastern and will vote only 2022 defense program and policy bill. editors may consider the president's climate and social spending plan. the house returns tomorrow at 12:00 p.m. eastern time and plans to take up legislation in the week to raise the debt limit to avoid a default. members will also vote on whether to hold mark meadows, former trump white house chief of staff and north carolina republican congressman in contempt of congress for refusing to cooperate with the january 6 committee inves

he sits on the house veteran affair and education and labor committees.sman a thank you for joining us on this holiday weekend. we so appreciate it. let me ask you, what you make it this announcement of the withdraw of 10000 troops coming to weeks after president biden and president putin spoke over the phone? in the phone call according to the white house the president warned vladimir putin against invading ukraine saying there could be severe economic consequences as we heard in the report from alex just now. do you think that's causing vladimir putin to back down or playing games here for an eventual invasion of ukraine? what you think? >> anita, great to be on with you and i want to make it very clear that when we see this 10000 troop withdraw from the russian ukrainian border, this is nominal at best. nearly 100,000 russian troops there with heavy artillery armed, many say it could be used against ukrainians with overwhelming force. if the biden administration was serious about trying to prevent any form of invasion they would go back to the 2019 tru

education. >> a house committee examined hunger issues among college students putting the role of the federal government and barriers to existing programs. watch tonight at 9:40 p.m. eastern on c-span. next week on c-span, wednesday the senate rules committee holds a hearing on the u.s. capitol police since the january 6 attack. live coverage begins at 10:00 a.m. eastern thursday at 7:00 a.m. we will have coverage throughout the day marking one year anniversary of the attack. friday the supreme court hears oral argument in two cases dealing with the biden administration's vaccine mandate for health care workers and the vaccine or test mandate for larger private companies. live coverage beginning at 10:00 a.m.. the house and senate return in january for the start of the second session of the 117th congress. the senate takes up the president's climate and social spending plan known as build back better despite west virginia democrat joe manchin opposition to the bill. senate democratic leadership hopes to take up voting rights legislation which may require changing the filibuster rules. there's

the committee has had several hearings guarding the imports of housing for employment, health, and education for young people. an issue by with but the chairman of the subcommittee and the overall committee have been outspoken leaders. how has had work to remedy the discrimination unveiled but this 2013 study and has the agency continued to track housing buys for same-sex couples? >> what has been done, one, the provision of housing voucher and otherwise subsidies for housing programs for homeless and low-income people. they have not been targeted with regard to lgbtqia+ folks. maxine waters offering a disproportionate share of youth who are homeless and child welfare agency identify as or soon to be lgbtqia+. the second part of your question if i understood correctly, has there been accountability around those actions? >> accountability, but has hud continue to track any type of bias either in rental or homeowner sales for same-sex couples? >> i do not have an answer to that question but will work with our deputy director to circle back and make sure we provide you with one. what we do know

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education committee denies crt is starting k-12 schools or workplaces. at least 13 states have moved to ban the controversial teaching from education. todd: white houseen psaki blaming meet suppliers for the spike in prices at the supermarket. >> the president, secretary of a culture have both spoken to what we see is the greed of meat conglomerates, when people go to the grocery store and trying to buy a pound of meat, 10 pounds of meat, the prices are higher. you could call it corporate greed or jacking up prices during a pandemic. todd: joining me is the author of glorious beef, impressive you found a company that shares your name. you know the meat business better than jen psaki. why is meet so high? >> two reasons, one, labor shortage, two, fuel surcharges. the additional pricing of fuel, that's how we get meet across the country and distribute meet within the country it is a major affect and the shortage of labor, during covid it was demonization of meat companies for staying open. we were under presidential mandate not to close. that comes from the top, the administration which we felt blessed we were able to stay open and it continued through

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i hope that from this point on , the department of education will comply with the house oversight committee's simple request for information. let me switch gears and to that recently the department of , education began the negotiated rulemaking process to make changes once again to the borrower defense regulations. in the highly irregular move, the department announced that it planned to retroactively change the borrower defense rules for all federal student loans, applying new regulations to borrowers whose claims have already been adjudicated. retroactively in law is highly respected. the supreme court precedent is quite clear that rules should not be retroactive unless authorized explicitly by congress. the biden administration's proposal runs counter to this settled area of the law and retroactivity without an authorization evident in the higher education act permitting the department to establish retroactive rules. even the obama administration's borrower defensible did not attempt to make such an extraordinary change. mr. cordray, if hta does not authorize such actions what , authority

house judiciary committee ranking member. why should any american taxpayer be on the hook for this? >> you wonder why college educationk about, americans want save cities, affordable gas, we get increased crime, increase record inflation and diversity counselors so maybe we wouldn't have to cancel student debt if we weren't paying for things like this. >> in my hometown right near my hometown in connecticut just so happens a friend of mine sends me an advertisement for a new diversity, equity director in connecticut. i click on it and it says you have to have a diversity, equity and inclusion certificate to apply. i don't know what that is. the salary is 112,$000 a year. in one connecticut town. think about the racket this is. >> it is ridiculous. it is part of the cancel culture mentality, the attack on first amendment and free-speech rights and that's what troubles me the most because in the end this is where the left wants to go in they control the democrat party. they want to limit people's, first amendment liberty. we see with fauci, colleges and universities, the entire left and the entire cancel culture mob out

education. to learn more, go to stjo.org today. ♪. elizabeth: let's welcome back to the show from the house select committee on the coronavirus, it's congressmangressman, it is great to have you on. okay, "vanity fair," the white house rejected in october "vanity fair" is reporting this, rejected a plan from health experts at harvard and rockefeller foundation and other groups to manufacture more than 700 million tests each month. they just focused instead on vaccinations. that was the priority undeniably they were deprioritizing rapid ding in favor of vaccinations. why? >> well this administration has been separating vaccinations over everything whether it is testing or therapeutics and we're having to force them, actually a democrat came to me on the floor of the house to join a letter demanding the administration supported a vansment of therapeutics. it is all vaccinations for these guys. all they can say is vaccination, vaccination, vaccination. they're even attacking american people who are unvaccinated. it's a war on those people. as far as the testing goes, i think it speaks huge to the fact that "vanity fair," pretty liberal publicatio

education and content. for the best audio entertainmet and storytelling, text listen4 to 500500 to get thirty days free. >>> here's the breaking news. the house january 6th committee voting unanimously tonight to recommend former white house chief of staff mark meadows be charged with criminal contempt of congress for refusing to cooperate with the committee and failing to appear for a deposition as required by the committee's subpoena. the committee revealing text messages between meadows and several fox hosts and even the then-president's eldest son as the capitol was being violently attacked by insurrectionists. let's bring in paula reid and john harwood. good evening to both of you. paula, i'm going to start with you. you have been going through all of these shocking new texts and information from the january 6th select committee. what do people need to know, paula? >> reporter: extraordinary information, don, revealing exactly what the white house knew on january 6th as told by some of trump's closest allies. the house select committee revealing this evening text messages from several fox news personalities. text messages from laura ingraham, sean hannity, br

tote clear in my answer to the right we will leave the house of commons after that urgent question, from the chair of the education select committeemany. this building area of high pressure slowly pushes north—westwards, a week where the front trapped in the northern system across the uk, bringing in some figure cloud in patchy a bit of rain to northern ireland. into the far north of england and towards southern scotland. to the north of it, bright with some sunshine, some bright weather through north wales, north midlands, northern england, rather grey and gloomy across the south. wind is light for most but quite breezy and windy across the north and west of scotland. like i mentioned, a mild through this afternoon, temperatures in double figures for most. into this evening and overnight comedy weak weather front begins to migrate northwards again, becoming confined to the north—east of scotland by the end of the night. elsewhere, largely dry, quite a lot of cloud particularly across southern areas but when we get clear spells in a north—eastern one, perhaps in the north—eastern one, perhaps in the north—eastern one, perhaps in t

that is one of the reasons we are holding these committees, and it is echoed in the white house conference on unger. how do we align our higher education and food assistance to recognize and prioritize the needs of post secondary students in public benefit programs? >> the first thing we do is we put somebody in charge of that work and hold them responsible for. that person as to look at these benefits programs from the point of view student. right now they are examined program by program, and if you do not look at it from the consumer perspective, then you do not see the many ways in which these programs conflict. it is stunning that would we know in college is that if you can take more courses you finish faster and save money, but taking more courses in college is hard when snap is requiring you to work 20 hours a week. the federal government wants you to finish that and save state money but it is telling you that you cannot afford to eat unless you do more. the same thing happens around housing. we have people who tell people in public housing, you will lose your public housing if you will go full-time and of part-time. it is counte

that is one of the reasons we are holding these committees, and it is echoed in the white house conference on unger. how do we align our higher education and food assistance to recognize and prioritize the needs of post secondary students in public benefit programs? >> the first thing we do is we put somebody in charge of that work and hold them responsible for. that person as to look at these benefits programs from the point of view student. right now they are examined program by program, and if you do not look at it from the consumer perspective, then you do not see the many ways in which these programs conflict. it is stunning that would we know in college is that if you can take more courses you finish faster and save money, but taking more courses in college is hard when snap is requiring you to work 20 hours a week. the federal government wants you to finish that and save state money but it is telling you that you cannot afford to eat unless you do more. the same thing happens around housing. we have people who tell people in public housing, you will lose your public housing if you will go full-time and of part-time. it is counte

that is one of the reasons we are holding these committees, and it is echoed in the white house conference on unger. how do we align our higher educationnd food assistance to recognize and prioritize the needs of post secondary students in public benefit programs? >> the first thing we do is we put somebody in charge of that work and hold them responsible for. that person as to look at these benefits programs from the point of view student. right now they are examined program by program, and if you do not look at it from the consumer perspective, then you do not see the many ways in which these programs conflict. it is stunning that would we know in college is that if you can take more courses you finish faster and save money, but taking more courses in college is hard when snap is requiring you to work 20 hours a week. the federal government wants you to finish that and save state money but it is telling you that you cannot afford to eat unless you do more. the same thing happens around housing. we have people who tell people in public housing, you will lose your public housing if you will go full-time and of part-time. it is counterp

attacks and reservoir attacks before the house oversight in the reform committee to discuss the future attacks identifying critical cyber infrastructure, and educating the public about online security. [background sounds]. [background sounds]. >> welcome to today's hearing, some members will appear in person and others will appear remotely via zoom and for members this appearing remotely know your all familiar with zoom but let me remind you of the key points and first that house rules require that we be please have the cameras on at all times, and second the members appearing remotely who are not recognize, remain muted to minimize background noise and thought i would recognize members verbally that members retain the right to speak recognition verbally and regular order, the members will be recognized in seniority for questions and lastly if you want to be recognized, outside regular order yousi may identify that in several ways. you may use the chat function it is in a request, you may send an e-mail to the majority, or you may unmute your microphone to seek recognition and we will resume when they tell me they are ready to begin the live stream

housing, and allowed more than 20 hbcus to erase students' debt. and just last month, our committee advanced its portion of the build back better act, which included over $30 billion in higher educationtments that will benefit hbcus. these investments are a critical step towards addressing decades of systemic underinvestment. however, let us not forget, we recognize that we still have a long way to go to correct historic inequities in hbcu funding. thanks to these pivotal institutions, we can all benefit from the contribution of such luminaries as mary mcleod bethune, my role model, w.e.b. dubois, langston hughes, dr. martin luther king, jr., thurgood marshall, katherine johnson, toni morrison, congressman john lewis, who went to fisk university with me, and vice president kamala harris. we must preserve and protect hbcus for the sake of the next generation of changemakers and for those yet unborn. so, i look forward to working with my colleagues to ensure that hbcus receive the support that they need so that we can ensure that happens. additionally, in the future, we will host hearings that showcase the contributions and accomplishments of tribal colleges and universities and minori

mostly the education provisions, the limit on childcare at less than 7% of income, that type of thing. host: that is ed out of connecticut. this is the top republican house budget committeeongressman jason smith. viewers have seen him on this program before. on the future, particularly of the child tax credit that is set to expire at the end of this week. [video clip] >> i am proud to work with president trump during the 2017 tax cut. that was a provision i pushed forward. as you know, $1000 to $2000. do not get confused. what they are trying to extend is their temporary child tax credit from the first reconciliation bill on march. it is not the tax on jobs act from 2024. that goes to show that is another temporary program in their last reconciliation bill that was supposed to expire now that they are trying to not make temporary anymore, which proves what we said here all along. also in that reconciliation bill, they took out the work requirement. as senator graham said, there is a bipartisan approach on both sides of the building. a child tax credit that helps working families and the working class. host: congressman jason smith before the congressional break. the sena

mostly the education provisions, the limit on childcare at less than 7% of income, that type of thing. host: that is ed out of connecticut. this is the top republican house budget committeeongressman jason smith. viewers have seen him on this program before. on the future, particularly of the child tax credit that is set to expire at the end of this week. [video clip] >> i am proud to work with president trump during the 2017 tax cut. that was a provision i pushed forward. as you know, $1000 to $2000. do not get confused. what they are trying to extend is their temporary child tax credit from the first reconciliation bill on march. it is not the tax on jobs act from 2024. that goes to show that is another temporary program in their last reconciliation bill that was supposed to expire now that they are trying to not make temporary anymore, which proves what we said here all along. also in that reconciliation bill, they took out the work requirement. as senator graham said, there is a bipartisan approach on both sides of the building. a child tax credit that helps working families and the working class. host: congressman jason smith before the congressional break. the sena