Jahana Hayes

I saw the phenomenon that flourished after Hurricane Katrina, and that was charter schools, where regulations were loosened.

I look forward to that.

Can I ask you, were any of your WIC staff consulted at FNS headquarters when you had the decision to realign the regions?

Hungry children. Hungry kids don't learn.

800,000 people will be affected by the cuts to these programs.

Children don't choose to be recipients of school lunch programs--free school lunch programs.

800,000 people will be affected--

How can you justify the administration's attempt to cut SNAP when these proposals would not only take away food but also reduce employment?

This research gives confirmation from your Department of what multiple independent high quality studies show, that SNAP benefits support and create jobs in our economy.

Hungry kids don't learn.

We have to do real outreach the same way we are doing--we have done in STEM in the last decade as we needed that.

Thank you, Madame Chair, and again thank you for allowing me to wave on to this committee because this as well is not my committee.

We really have to think about how reentry starts before folks go home.

Reintegration actually does not start at the point of reentry.

The more you work one year, the more you work another year, and so work experience is literally critical.

High poverty, racially segregated communities often lack the opportunities for upward mobility, contributing to higher youth disconnection rates for communities of color.

Unfortunately, we know that systemic racial segregation continues to leave youth of color behind.

Last Friday, we marked the 65th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision, a landmark ruling declaring that school segregation was unconstitutional.

I have seen that same thing right here on the Hill when I am trying to recruit interns or hire staff.

I want to make sure that we are addressing all aspects of this problem.

I am struggling a little this morning because I have this lovely binder with these prepared questions and all I can think about is my grandma right now.

Employers can require employees to attend these meetings.

That is why I am so frustrated when I hear stories around the country, and even in my home district, of workers who are actively being discriminated against or retaliated against for exercising their rights to organize.

I have spent my entire adult life as a proud union member, as a member of SEIU 1199, the Waterbury Teachers Association, the Connecticut Teachers Association, and ultimately, the National Education Association.

These young people will hit the system again if they do not have the systems and the structures in place.