norcross. he says often when he was a ng he lked around for aion to the problm. >> that's great. he's given many young people a shot. we all need the help. >> we are appreciative of the work you're doing. continue that. we'll hear more about that in the future segments and maybe the deputy chief might be here. . >> yes, sir. >> great to have you. please join us, robert smith and the okay program, our kids. . >>> welcome back to mosaic. we have been talking to robert smith after a program called okay program. our kids. when i first saw it, i might i meant oakland kids. but the program extends throughout the state, helping the young people and kids. tell us more about that and the fact that it's in other parts. >> currently. the o.k. program is in seven states. and chapters just like oakland, we call them chapters. a chapter is a middle school that we start in that feeds into a high school. so all the chapters are ran by african american police officers. >> wow. >> and they try to follow the youn

norcross and her family deserve to live in these conditions if they're moore? >> if you listened? >> yes or no, do they deserve to live in these conditions if they're poor. would you let your grandmother live in public housing. >> you know very well. >> you would let your grandmother live in public housing. >> you know -- >> would you let your grandmother live in public housing under these conditions. >> it would be very nice if you would stop -- >> you stated that -- >> the gentleman from florida, ms. larson, is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, madam chair, it is a great day in america. doctor, welcome to the committee. when i was five years old, we lost everything. house, everything. and moved a number of times. and six in the family. and my father got to recover, and eventually, we built a house. and i still own that house today, after they are gone. so i do believe, that if people work hard enough, you know, and they want to survive, they can survive, sometime without the government help because there was no government help them. but one of the things that i would li

norcross. >> thank you, mr. chairman. secretary, thank you for coming here today. and i agree with our colleagues that we're all looking to create an education system that is better for our children. and i think one of the ways we can do that is making sure that teachers, along with administrators, and certainly the kids work towards that direction, and working together. so one of the things that i have known from my history previous to coming here to congress is that a relationship between the employer and the employee works best when they work cooperatively. so one of the things that you recently talked about is that you are thankful for the supreme court decision in janice, because it freed up those who believe, or had been coerced to be participants in something they did not want to participate in. in reality, teachers are being targeted, spanned worse, by groups such as mackinac center that you probably know something about, and public policy from the freedom foundation. they've called, they've emailed, they've advertised, they've gone door to door, trying to