kline: mr. chairman, i now yield two minutes to the gentlelady from florida, ms. ros-lehtinen. the chair: the gentlelady from florida is recognized for two minutes. ms. ros-lehtinen: well, i thank the chairman and i thank the chairman for yielding. like many of my colleagues, i support h.r. 5, the student success act. i believe that states and school districts should be empowered to set their own priorities when educating our nation's children. i also believe in supporting florida's parents and their teachers and administrators to make sure they have the resources necessary to give our children a world-class education including in civics. civics education, mr. chairman, the study of the right and duties of citizenship under our government, is an essential component to sustaining our constitutional democracy. there is no more important task than the development of an informed, effective and responsible citizenry. according to the 2010 national assessment for educational progress, that's our natio

kline: mr. chairman, i claim time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. kline: thank you, mr. chairman. this amendment requires the secretary of education to conduct a study to examine underperforming school districts. whether equal education opportunities are being afforded in those school districts and the impact of closing those school districts. mr. chairman, as the amendment clearly states, this is a state activity in which the federal government should have no role and should not be involved. we do not need recommendations from the u.s. department of education on how states should protect the constitutional rights of students. this is the law of the land today. i urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment and support the student success act and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from minnesota yields back. the gentlewoman from texas is recognized. ms. jackson lee: well, as we started, the reason why the federal government go

executives at british drug maker glaxo smith kline have confessed to a massive corruption scandal. executives admitted to bribing doctors, hospitals and government officials in order to boost drug sales in china. a spokesperson for the company says it is cooperating with the

kline: mr. speaker, i rise today in strong support of the bipartisan student loan certainty act, also known as the smarter solutions for students act, and yield myself such time as i may consume. after many weeks of delay, i am pleased we finally have a bipartisan agreement to address the student loan interest rate problem. my colleagues and i have been fighting for month farce long-term, market-based solution that will serve students and taxpayers and the legislation before us today will do just that. as you can see in this chart, much like the smarter solutions for students act approved back in may, the bipartisan student loan certainty act will tie student loan interest rates to the market, taking away the uncertainty that comes with allowing congress to arbitraryly set rates. similarly both bills have a fix to the interest rate problem granting students the certainty they need to make smart, fiscally responsible investments in their education. most importantly this legislation, like its pred

kline: thank you, mr. chairman. i thank the gentleman for yielding. this amendment will eliminate the requirement, the mandate for states and school districts to develop teacher evaluation but not prevent them from developing these systems if they so choose. state and local school districts have impressive teacher evaluation systems and i applaud it. the federal government can pour them in this en-- support them in this endeavor giving them the flexibility to meet their local unique needs. ultimately, mr. chairman, states and school districts need the flexibility to do the activities that will serve the teachers and students best and therefore i support the gentleman's amendment and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from louisiana. mr. scalise: i yield -- i reserve the balance of my time, mr. chairman. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from california. mr. miller: i yield myself two minutes. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. miller: mr. speaker, i rise in opposition to this amendment to remove the requirem

on chinese tv, this week there was an interview with an executive of british drug giant glaxo smith kline shocking the international business community in china. >> what is going on with gsk is unprecedented. i've never seen the government go so strongly and loudly after one company. making such a big deal out of it in a criminal way. >> reporter: the alleged crime bribery of doctors, officials and hospitals in hundreds of millions of dollars. four glaxco executives have been demained and one ordered not to skip town, part of the crack down on the first foreign form to be insnared in the anti corporation drive. it's like catching a big fish this lauwyer says. it's a warning. one industry in need of a cleanup. healthcare, walk into a hospital and dysfunction is evident from the start. >> this is where people buy tickets to see a doctor. they normally cost a dollar but staffers will sell them for $85. the salary of our doctors is about $1,000 a month he says, commercial bribery and china's drug sector is very common. it's an open secret. they faced trouble breaking into this market complain

four glaxosmith kline employees have been identified by chinese officials.they are accused of funneling millions of dollars in bribes to doctors in an effort to increase drug sales in china.the scandal reportedly dates back to 2007. glaxosmith kline is reviewing all third party agency relationships, and is conducting its own investigation. consumer groups are voicing concerns about wireless giant at&t's plans to buy the much smaller regional provider leap. the $1.2 billion deal gives at&t more valuable spectrum space. but several public interest groups--say it means less competition in the wireless marketplace. last year, the federal communications commission... scuttled at&t's attempt to acquire t-mobile citing competiton.the fcc must still approve this deal. the ceo of tesla is a man with a high speed plan. elon musk tweeted this week that he will publish a design plan for his futuristic transit system "hyperloop" by august 12th. musk says the high-speed transit system will drastically cut down on travel time, getting passengers from san francisco to la in just 30 minutes. the cost of

kline, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from minnesota. mr. kline: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. kline: i rise in support of as a retired marine colonel, i have the unique and fortunate position to make sure that the men and women have the best education in defense of our nation. currently, students who earn a high school diploma from other means of modern education are required to score significantly higher on the armed services qualification test than others just to qualify in the military. this policy, mr. chairman, is indirect contravention of congressional intent established in the national authorization act for fiscal year 2012. last month, my colleagues unanimously supported my endment to the f.y. 2014 national defense authorization act to reverse the d.o.d.'s discriminatory policy and ensure equal treatment for all students who desire to enter. the bipartisan amendment prohibits funds being used by the department of defense t

. >>> prosecutors in san francisco reaching out to the banks in kline na -- chinatown. thieves are convincing women to hand over money and jewelry in exchains for money. they are calling it the blessing scandal. prosecutors plan to make a youtube to show the banks what to look for. >>> the san francisco giants were at the white house. that's where president obama honored them for winning the world series last year. >> let's hear it one more time for the world champion san francisco giants! [ cheers and applause ] >> yeah, manager bruce bochy and buster posey presented the president with a bat and a ball from the world series. >> mr. president, first of all, thank you for those kind remarks but on behalf of the world champions here, the san francisco giants, we want to present you with a couple of gifts here as our thank you for taking time out today for us and honoring this great ballclub. thank you. >> in exchange, president obama acknowledged some of the team's magical season. >> it wasn't that long ago that these guys were already here celebrating their last world se

last year british drug maker glaxo smith kline pleaded guilty for unlawfully profecting prescription drugs among other offenses. it was the largest healthcare fraud settlement in history. that was 1/3rd in settlements negotiated by the government in 2012, triple the recoveries in 2011 and 50% more than 2006. this year bp was sentenced in january to pay $4 billion, a record for an environmental crime stemming from the 2010 deep water horizon spill in the gulf and a company agreed to pay a fine bringing the rbs and rbs japan totals in that case alone to $612 million. in may, walmart pleaded guilty to violating the clean water act and was sentenced to pay a fine of more than $81 million. fines for anti trust and price fixing allegations like the one jp morgan chase faces have grown the most in resent years topping $5 billion in 2012 and still says university of baltimore law professor, companies are willing to take the risk. land and john conner from perdue said we only catch about 25% of the market manipulators and he said at that rate, fines need to be five times what they have been a

industry watchers are expecting more fallout following accusations against drug company glaxosmith kline. it's been accused of operating a corruption scheme that ultimately manipulated drug prices in china. analysts say there are signs that china's government will crack down on bribery investigations, which could potentially put many big pharma companies in the spotlight. now on to an update on earings news. coca-cola fizzled on earnings. the ceo went as far as to blame the wet spring weather. what's becoming aparent is americans are more health- conscious and their soda drinking habits are at a 26- year low. profits at johnson and johnson rose 8.5%, mostly due to a bump-up in sales of drugs and medical devices. and goldman sachs tops them all. the wall street firm earned $1.93 billion, which amounts to $3.70 per share, easily beating out estimates of $2.87 per share. goldman's nearly tripled its revenue from investing in bonds. labor rights groups are engaging in a new kind of budget battle. visa and mcdonald's are catching criticism for an employee budget plan. the financial literacy g

dale kline is a former chairman of the u.s. nuclear regulatory commission. he became chairman of the reform committee for tepco last october. he spoke to nhk world on saturday about the company's late admission of leakages at the plant. >> in fact, the first time i heard about it, some of the initial reports was via the press. and so that's one of the reasons that i was rather unhappy is that the reform committee has encouraged tepco to do a much better job on their communication. our reform committee had encouraged tepco earlier to develop a much better risk communication program. we thought that was under way. we had hopes of it being successful. and then when this latest issue of groundwater contamination had occurred, i think all of the committee members were very frustrated with tepco. >> it took more than a month for tepco to admit that the high levels of radiation in the monitoring well could indicate that contaminated groundwater was seeping into the ocean. klein said the executives explained it took time to verify the evidence. >> they really have t

executives at british drug maker glaxo smith kline have confessed to a massive corruption scandal. executives admitted to bribing doctors, hospitals and government officials in order to boost drug sales in china. a spokesperson for the company says it is cooperating with the investigation. as the investigation continues into the crash landing of asiana flight 214, new questions are being raised about the plane's seatbelts. doctors treating victims of the crash say many injuries are related to the lap-only-style seat belts. the national transportation safety board will investigate whether a different seat belt could have prevented those injuries. the crash of flight 214 is having a ripple effect on air travel this week. flyers across the nation face delays as san francisco's airport recovers from the crash, which shut down one of the hub's four runways. bad thunderstorms also impacted travel out of new york, atlanta and detroit. 375 flights were cancelled, and 3,900 flights were delayed. americans did more buying than browsing in june. retail sales in june rose 4.1%, beating out for

divisions remain and pays down the owner of an internet service provider which has been shooting its kline's data for yes things that amendment would have been enough even if it passed but i think that the only solution for keeping us safe from spying on people on the internet is people using encryption and then having service providers that are willing to stand up and stand against broad surveillance and wholesale monitoring you know there are many in congress who are calling edward snowden a traitor and a criminal when in fact i think it's the people in the n.s.a. who are the criminals who are not following the constitution and have perjured themselves in front of congress these are these are people we cannot trust and it's time that we taught them or shut them down the whole self surveillance the doing of americans is part of my america i would like to see it stopped i would snowden he revealed to the world one day and a say's up serious to wasting both paperwork allow him to leave he is in limbo in a moscow trials and so if the whistleblower received it today as some expect he'll be gree

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so i'll only be saying and i'm walking home to buy my girlfriend flowers to my credit card kline next day i get a letter in the mail saying that they wish all my my checking accounts all personally and for. them at my holding company so i get them out of the bank and i run a car had been terminated retaliation i guess the message is don't mess with jamie dimon and he's feeling a little bit more heat now these days let's talk about gary gensler he was the head of this the f.t.c. at the time he still is and he's another ex goldman sachs guy an inspector general report came out and said that it was not necessary for him to recuse himself and what when he was at the helm of the c.s.c. i think one of the problems was there was a lack of leadership and the inspector general came out and they said he doesn't have to recuse themselves is gary gensler. is he that the epitome of the regulator who has not done his job. i mean look i'm no gambler fan just to play devil's advocate for one second i'm sure he was kind of damned if he was you know damned well he was all there given his relationship w

. >> steve kline is anti-islamic activist that would be a spokesman for the film?ere designed to get the attention of the young taliban, al-qaeda kids, wannabes here in southern california. they have been waited for lack of a better word. >> bret: instead of positive film about bin laden, they are showed the prophet muhammad as a homicidal gay child molester. >> we anticipated they would boil out of the theater and act angry to something of that nature. >> he waited outside in a car with a video camera? >> i dyed my hair black because a lot of characters know who i am. nobody would come into the theater. called up and say there is a bus and nobody showed up. they were really disappointed. >> bret: july 2nd they upload a trailer to the film to youtube. he density it but that he is sam and using an alias violates his probation. but for now in hollywood terms, he is still a nobody who made a film no one wanted to watch. july 6th, back in libya, the americans are even more concerned about terror attacks. deputy assistant sector diplomatic security charlene lamb tells t

john kline and subcommittee chairman filt row -- phil row, saying a case has been made that at least some worker centers are labor organizations as defined by the labor management reporting and disclosure act, which makes them subject to annual filing requirements. >> we're asking the secretary to clarify what the things are, and it is well spelled out if you read the law what it is, what you can and can't do, what reporting requirements are and are not. >> reporter: all seem to agree worker centers provide useful services like job training and offering english as second language classes, but some experts say some of them aren't purelial truistic. >> they use this as front organizations to organize workers, by pass unionizing tactics. since they are not regulated, they can use worker centers to drive away business. >> reporter: a group called center for union facts is running this ad can you tell the difference. shows richard trumka and trumka in disguise as a worker center big shot. the executive director of koreatown worker alliance in los angeles defended its activities, telling "

glaxo smith kline's emerging market's chief says it appears its senior executives in china broke theabbas hussain made the charges over bribery allegations. gsk has been accused of bribing chinese doctors and officials with travel perks and other benefits to raise drug sales in the country. hussain has promised to reform gsk's chinese business and says the british drug maker will help root out corruption. gsk says it will pass on any savings from its reforms in china to consumers through price cuts. let's have a look at gsk shares now. they are down around 0.75%. so far they haven't taken a huge hit. the british drug maker which reports on wednesday told cnbc that the ceo may address chinese allegations at that time. now, still with us is george godber, fund manager. george, are you invested in gsk in >> yes, i do hold glaxo. >> is that a big concern to you? >> well, the reason i hold it is because of the change in law in america, the fda, and the ability to fast-track some new drugs and whether there's a clear medical need, and that's more important. the drug companies are really dr

minnesota congressman john kline said state and local governments should have the final say over how to improve their schools. >> it is time for the congress-- the house and the senate-- to step up and do its job and write new law and get the administration out of the business of writing education policy. i would hope that republicans and democrats would recognize that it is not the role of the administration. >> holman: democrats agreed on the need for education reform. but california's george miller and others argued that the house bill simply guts federal funding for education. >> we need every one of those students to be able to be productive and successful and achieving. but that's not what the republican bill promises. it grinds down the funding available to these school districts for poor and minority children, for students with disabilities. >> holman: the house bill is expected to hit a dead end in the democratic-led senate. billionaire hedge fund manager stephen a. cohen now faces civil charges in connection with a major insider-trading case. the securities and exchange com

i met kevin kline he's running in texas. he just ran across the state of texas a couple years ago.an gunder is running in wisconsin. he ran 135 miles to support wounded warriors a few years ago, and lindsey nelson, who ended up winning the race in san francisco. >> you're doing this every day, it takes you about four hours. how did folks help you? >> one, they can go to snowdropfoundation porg, and i'm working night shift and running the marathon. if people want to run with me, the six-mile loop, i'm wearing a lime green, join me, we'll run at your pace i want i'll try to get there if i can i want i would love it. >>> that's it for us right now. keep it right here on msnbc, for all the latest news. i want you to have a great july 4th weekend. enjoy yourselves. "lockup san antonio, that's up next for you. vo: traveling you definitely end up meeting a lot more people but a friend under water is something completely different. i met a turtle friend today so, you don't get that very often. it seemed like it was more than happy to have us in his home. so beautiful. avo: more travel. mor

kline: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise today in strong support of the rule and he underlying legislation. as the attention of the american people turned to celebrating the july 4 holiday, the obama administration quietly announce through the a blog post on the treasury department's website it would delay enforcement of a vital part of the president's health care law. the employer mandate. the reason for the delay? according to administration official the federal bureaucracy, the federal bureaucracy needs more time to get it right. let's be honest. no amount of time or bureaucratic tinkering will ease the pain obamacare is inflicting on workplaces across the country. the employer mandate will destroy jobs, whether it's implemented a year from now or 10 years from now. in fact, in fact, mr. speaker, jobs are already being lost and employees' work hours are being cut. today. because of the law. that's the difficult reality facing workers and job creators from my home state of minnesota and across the country.

. >>> 31 survivors of the plane crash at sfo have been reunited with their families in kline non. 26nd five teachers from a chinese middle school returned home yesterday. three students from the school were killed in the crash. they were headed to southern california to attend a christian summer camp. >>> a blood drive is being held to help replenish the blood supply. if you would like to help, it starts at 9:00 a.m. at the baggage claim at terminal three. >>> san francisco international airport is planning some major improvements in the years ahead. the plans include building a new air traffic control center and improving the baggage inspection systems. the airport plans to raise the money by selling nearly $5 million worth of bonds and those bonds would be paid off by landing fees and the airport and parking concession fees. >>> supporters of drake's bay company are fighting to keep an event open today at 2:00 this afternoon at the waterford restaurant. the interior department turned down a permit to continue to let them continue to operate. an virmal impact -- an environmental imp

there is a significant amount of capital in kline china.been focused to the most strategic industries. you'll continue to see that. i think we would have expected greater pickup in chinese outbound m&a activity post the transition in government last year which slowed things down. but we have seen a few deals, but not a big pickup from china either. >> what is the global picture, gregg? you're based in the uk. but europe, volumes have been down considerably. is that a different picture in the us us? >> it is. the u.s. is the one bright spot. volumes in the u.s. are up 27% over the same point last year. it is largely driven by the confidence we talked about. the economy feels better in the u.s., seems like it is headed in the right direction and ceos and boards have more confidence to be proactive and explore growth strategy via strategic activity. >> are you going to see that coming to europe? we have seen lots of constitutional money flow into european equities. is that going to translate on a corporate level? will there be more liberty glo

kline and concur in the senate amendment on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk: h.r. 1911, an act to amend the higher education act to establish interest rates for new loans made on and after july 1, 2013 and convene the advisory committee to conduct a study on improvements to post-secondary education at transparency at the federal level and for other purposes. senate amendment. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and concur in the senate amendment. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of epresentatives.] the speaker pro tempore: the yeas are 392, the nays are 91. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the senate amendment is agreed to and without objection, the motion to reconsider

. -- mort kline.he is a member of the national council of american public affairs, although i do not think you are seeking on their behalf today. you are speaking on behalf of an estimable organization, the zionist organization of america. he is enormously influential in terms of matters involving not and israel's interests security, but those of the united states as well. it is a great pleasure to have you with us. >> to issa much, frank, for all of your hard work in putting this together. thank you, everyone in the audience, for not starting your july 4 vacation early like most people started to be. the train station was nearly indeed. it was clear we were not coming from philly to this event. i also have to say, my wife told me i had to say this before i speak. i unfortunately have tourette's syndrome. it is a no wrote -- it is a neuro-chemical disorder, that is why the first woman who wanted to marry me, i married her medially, i did not take any chances. zoa, theresident of oldest provisional gro

. >> you have joe kline's and make the, michael nutter's take mayor of philadelphia and other storiese this. so interesting especially if you're raising kids. 0 how learning a second language can produce a more nimbler brain. it makes scene. >> i was looking at it this morning. it's depressing for us who are mono-lingual. our science writer talks it's not that people who are bilingual. >> my niece speaks swedish, english and polish. >> how old is she? >> 4. >> yeah. >> she jumps in and out of the languages seamlessly. she's surrounded by the languages. literally it just happens when children are -- you don't have to send it home to class they just do it. >> one of the guys says the brain is a language learning machine. and it's particularly nimble and able to do that when you're very young and if you miss that or those early years it gets much harder. >> all right. joe how many languages do you speak? >> uno. so, rick, i don't even speak that one well. rick, why don't we talk about -- let's change jikts and i would thereof hear steve's take on this. we start this show talking about ro

speaker, the house may consider h.r. 5, the student success act, authored by chairman john kline. the bill represents a solid, commonsense approach to education, to provide our next generation with the education they need to keep america competitive in the world economy. finally, the house may consider the department of defense appropriations bill for fiscal year 2014 drafted by representative bill young to the resources -- for the resources necessary for our troops. and i thank the gentleman and i yield back. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for his information on the schedule. as the gentleman knows, we just i am a farm bill and wondering how soon he might expect to move to go to conference on that bill and i yield to my friend. mr. cantor: i would say to the gentleman, the chairman, speaker and other members of leadership are in discussions about how to expedite an agreement on the farm bill. certainly it is our intention as well, mr. speaker, to act with dispatch to bring to the floor a bill dealing with the snap program. that portion of what was traditionally the farm bill we

. >> stephanie: like when kevin kline says they're guy.ow you can't discriminate. >> stephanie: rude you know, as it relates to snowden though, here's where i take issue with you -- you write the snowden chronicles and to a lesser extent the irrelevant glen greenwald is such a [ bleep ]-hole attacks are an enormous distraction from the real stories spying on americans without suspicion or warrant which is the rude pundit has said repeatedly, something that deserves the debate. director of national intelligence james clapper lying to congress and if these things don't matter to you, especially those of you on the left side of the political wall, if you think security has been compromised or some such [ bleep ], that hasn't been demonstrated at all congratulations, you're finally on the side of george w. bush. dick cheney and other assorted war criminals. [ buzzer ] well, now you've gone too far. now you're calling me a war criminal, rude pundit. >> no, no. i'm not saying you're a war criminal. i'm just saying that you believe something that

so i want to thank chairman kline and especially representative virginia foxx for their work on this issue and the bipartisan group of senators who our members work with to come to this agreement. as for the democratic leaders in the senate all i can say is what took you so long? the president pivoted this week to jobs as he has been known to do on occasion and under the president's leadership our country has fallen into the new normal of slow growth, high unemployment and stagnant wages. i think it's unacceptable. his speech turned out to be all sizzle and no steak. that's assuming there is any sizzle left after you you have refuted this take so many times. i hope going forward he is going to learn from his experience on student loans and other issues where he would focus more on those issues where we can't find common ground. as you know house republicans have been focused on economic growth and jobs since day one. the president says he wants their ideas. here they are. we have been added since day one we welcome any opportunity to work with the president on an acting things that a

and i like kline felt. he acknowledges we can't do anything, nothing to do with us. just aluminum prices. >> 7% you'll take, right? >> right. but, yeah, but it is a dow component. do you keep it in there because it is -- >> you saw who is going in, not into the dow but the other index, oracle getting kicked out and tesla going in. >> why is oracle getting kicked out? >> i don't know. >> oracle is being kicked out. >> oracle was -- i'll do a little -- >> moving to the nyse. that makes sense. >> tesla is coming in. did you see that? >> yeah, it is weird. the highest percentage of government involvement of any company, right? but i wonder, alcoa, how much we still get from that. >> they make planes out of composite -- >> that's true too. like sellgene, $8 billion and can't control what happens, just control the cost. so it is just weird. it is the first -- >> who would you like to put in? >> i can think of a lot of different people. i would start with april. >> if you had apple, what would you -- >> i don't know. the market cap is 50 times the size. it seems more import

. >> you're a -- >> i'm like that movie in and out, kevin kline, first one finger starts moving and nextw he's all over -- anyway, good morning. welcome back. welcome back to "squawk box" on cnbc. i'm joe kernen with michelle caruso-cabrera, only one person, and andrew ross sorkin, yep. >> hey. >> so pretentious. anyway, becky quick is out today. and the headlines this morning, okay for women, i think, to some extent, because they get, you know, they want to keep their names and -- what is your excuse? i don't -- >> i've given you the excuse. the best excuse you can have. >> if you get a sag card and there is already an andrew sorkin and then got to distinguish yourself with ross, i can understand that. >> lucky it is ross. ross is my mother's maiden name. my grandfather asked me to use my middle name when i was an intern at the new york times in my first and what i thought would be my only -- i never thought i would write for anything and that would be the end of that. >> what if it was finkelstein? would you do andrew finkelstein sorkin? >> if i was a mensch. >> there is a big employme

kline for the hard work on the legislation and i urge its passage. thank you, i yield back.pore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek rick nation? >> i seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. -- >> mr. speaker, we know before school, after school, and summer learning programs are successful activities that provide safe places that millions of students and parents can rely upon. mr. kildee: i'm very concerned about keeping students in my district safe and out of trouble. in michigan and around the nation, time spent out of school is often prime time for bad choices that can lead to juvenile crime. yet countless studies have shown that kids involved in after school and summer programs are less likely to be perpetrators or victims of crime, less likely to drink or use drugs, less likely to join gangs. unfortunately, legislation said to be considered this week in the house could lead to over a million students losing access to these opportuniti