in adjournment, we will be adjourning in memory of two of our educators, marsha and thomas ryan. i would like to have vice- president norton do the honors in the speaking about these educators. commission norton: adjournment in memory of marcia and started as a teacher on a special assignment in 1967 and succumbed to breast cancer on april 1, 2012, after a courageous struggle. she worked for more than 40 years. she started as an elementary school teacher and worked at several schools. for over 20 of those years, she ran the environmental sciences center where she and her staff supported environmental education for sfusd students, families, and teachers. she earned her degree to become a teacher for our district and believe in the ability of all children to learn and contribute. she devoted her laughter promoting excellence in education for all students -- life in promoting excellence in education for all students. she began taking her elementary students on week-long overnights to study nature and science in open-air. this led her to the environmental science center where she dev

so it appears that paul ryan's worst enemy in this case is him self i don't notice of the congressman didn't name thomas aquinas excuse my earlier response fusion as the one thinker who inspired him to get involved in public service which is probably good for ryan is tea party supporters jay bookman journalist for the atlanta journal constitution pointed out that quite as one said the following a man should not consider his material possessions his own but is common to all so as to share them without hesitation when others are in need that's funny right where the stuff about gutting social programs and giving fat tax cuts to the wealthy but we're not here to split hairs with paul ryan over thirteenth century theology what's ridiculous is a wry went out of his way to distance himself from iran even though he was repeatedly gushed over before and on camera not to mention that so there's been some speculation the riaa is trying to act as more of a centrist to be immoral electable vice presidential candidate with more likely as he's trying to distance himself from an atheist philosopher here as to pander to

. >> father thomas reece signed the letter criticizing ryan, a senior fellow at georgetown. father reece, i may ask you here looking and i was watching you listening to the sound bite and you were smiling. why? >> we were delighted to have the congressman on campus because it gave us an opportunity to talk about how our faith should impact our lives in public arena. you know, i was watching that wonderful film you showed of that little girl growing up. i was thinking of the thousands of and thousands of children in our country that go to bed hungry, that go to bed depending on federal lunch programs in schools. this is what mr. ryan is going to cut out of his budget. this is why we think the budget is a moral document because it really has an impact on people. >> father reece, be more specific. you mention lunch plans. what else exactly do you object to in this particular budget? >> well, he is also of course cutting pell grants. our school depends on pell grants for to help low income students and this is true of colleges across the country. they depend, low income students

ryan headed to georgetown today. he was met a couple of days ago with a letter circulated by father thomas reese at georgetown universityrmer editor-in-chief of america mag green and a good friend, father reese, good morning. >> good morning, bill. nice to be on your show. >> it's good to have you here, father. paul roon has been saying -- paul ryan has been saying here is my budget and my line is budget is in line with the catholic teachings of the catholic church. right or wrong? >> if he submitted that budget nat class on catholic teaching at georgetown university and claimed that it was backed up by catholic social teaching, he would get an? no class. this is nonsense. it guts programs for the court. one of the thing that cathy lick social teaching is extremely concerned about is how we treat the poor the vul non-responsive neverable, the disadvantaged in society. what we do for them. mr. ryan's budget gets an f on that. >> your letter was signed by some 90 faculty members and some pretty big names on that letter father. but, also, he got a challenge from the catholic bishops? correct. >> absolutely. this is clearly

thomas reese among to whoez signed the letter. thank you for joining us on this night. after listening to congressman ryan explain his side of this and to say sure, this diversity, do you have a better understanding? or are you still in disagreement? >> well, i think we were happy to have congressman ryan come to georgetown university because it stimulated a discussion of how our faith, how our values should influence what we do in the public sphere. now, if he presented his budget in one of my classes or in a class on catholic social teaching, we'd have to flunk him. because it doesn't represent what catholic social teaching is all p about. as the bishops have made clear. you cannot balance the budget on the backs of the poor. let's look at other programs that can be cut. and, you know, and let's look at the possibility of raising taxes. >> you say the possibility of raising taxes, that's all part of the debate. one of the rebuttals would be, okay, but if we don't do anything, then we pass a huge debt on to your students and to their children and that is counter to the church's teachings. does he have a

georgetown they say ryan's catholic faith is not a free pass to dismantle government programs and abandon the poor. one of those who sign that had letter, authored the letter actually, is father thomasse, a senior fellow at georgetown. father reese, welcome. >> thank you. so you guys don't object to congressman ryan speaking at georgetown, right? >> no, absolutely not. in fact, we're delighted that he's come because it provides us with an opportunity to discuss the role of catholic social teaching in political life, and this is something we always want to talk to with our students. >> so what's the problem you have with the ryan budget? >> well, the problem is that congressman ryan has been saying that his budget reflects catholic social teaching. well, i mean, this is nonsense. if he handed in his budget at a class on catholic social teaching, he'd get an "f." the bishops pointed out that this budget cuts severely into program that help poor people and catholic social teaching puts a stress on the importance of having programs that help poor people, help people who are unemployed, help them get jobs. you know, we're supposed to look after the most disadvantaged in our society and t