I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Cramer). Without objection, it is so ordered
Bill Lee
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Bill Lee is the 50th governor of Tennessee, having taken office on January 19, 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he has focused on various issues including education reform, economic development, and public safety during his tenure. Lee has also emphasized the importance of workforce development and has worked on initiatives to improve the state's infrastructure. His administration has faced challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the state's economy and health systems.
We need the data to understand this. I would think you would want the data to understand it also.
I think we need to take on looking at this issue and put into our report language, looking at the issue of systemic racism in child poverty.
So what do we need to do to get you to do that, to submit a line-item for us?
This budget though calls for $170 million cut in PEPFAR, which does not make any sense.
you have a funding cut of $170,000,000 to PEPFAR, which, of course, reduces the transmission of HIV and AIDS throughout the world.
I can't understand why you would eliminate this when we know for a fact that a wide range of evidence-based and innovative interventions to support the sexual health of young people is extremely important.
Black preschoolers--again, babies--are three times more likely to receive one or more out-of-school suspension than their White counterparts.
I co-chair the bipartisan Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus, and we are still working together in a bipartisan way to make sure that we have the resources to address this epidemic.
To date, that report has not been submitted. So I cannot be nice when I ask about this because this is serious for our Black and brown students.
You are trying to mask this by saying you are now not going to collect the data by race.
This budget doesn't increase funding for HBCUs except those that are in the opportunity zones.
Outrageous. It is disgusting. It should not happen anywhere in the country, but especially in California.
Thank you, Dr. Collins. Thank you for your team. It is always good to see you.
When many of us started public schools, schools were segregated. We could not go to public schools. Got it?
These are children who don't even get Head Start because they are kicked out of school before they are even in kindergarten.
you zeroed that out. You zero out the racial and ethnic approaches to community health.
Black students make up 20 percent of preschool children. Now these are babies, right? They represent 50 percent of suspended, again, babies, preschoolers.





