Cory Booker: “I am so grateful for the question from my friend--and that is the centering that we have been trying to do--which is…”

“I am so grateful for the question from my friend--and that is the centering that we have been trying to do--which is, What are families around New Jersey and America thinking? As you said, the Department of Education--we read that earlier today--it doesn't dictate educational policy of the States, but it does do a lot to provide funding for special needs kids in the States. So I am already hearing from parents of kids with special needs regarding the impact it will have if those resources are cut, everything from programs that help young people afford college, to programs that I have worked with people that help schools afford advanced scientific equipment so the bright minds, the geniuses of our State and the country, can have the equipment they need. This administration is cutting things that are hurting families, and we are hearing from them. We are hearing from veterans. We are hearing from the elderly. We are hearing from people who are taking care of the elderly. We are hearing from people who run our hospitals. We are hearing from people who run our universities and who talk about the science funding and the cutting of Ph.D.s. We are hearing from people who rely on Medicare and Medicaid, who rely on Social Security. We are hearing from people that are appalled that their Nation bullies smaller nations like Canada or Greenland.…”