Do you think children benefit from your proposals to cut billions from public elementary and secondary schools?

Do you think it would be good for all children if the President would say good things about students like those of our National Teacher of the Year?

Do you think children benefit when they have to use outdated and worn books or when their teachers have to work multiple jobs just to make ends meet?

You continue to prioritize your extreme privatization agenda, which would siphon taxpayer dollars away from public schools.

You have taken a number of extremely concerning steps to undermine civil rights protections for our students.

Congress has taken very clear steps to address that issue with our budget.

I think it is very clear with fewer resources, fewer staff, and that we are going to take fewer claims and protect fewer students.

You have doubled down on your harmful agenda and filled your Department with for-profit college executives and lobbyists.

I do not think you would give an A to a student who got 40 percent of the answers right.

I disagree with much of what you said.

You have made it easier for predatory for-profit colleges and student loan companies to take advantage of our students.

Thank you. That clarification is helpful for my understanding and for my colleagues' understanding as we take important steps to better address harassment in the U.S. Congress. ____________________

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We need a multifaceted approach to build a health care workforce that is more diverse, better distributed, and trained.

We need a strong pipeline to recruit, retain, and train more health care professionals, particularly in rural and underserved areas.

We know that while people of color represent more than 25 percent of our population, they represent only 10 percent of health professionals.

A robust, diverse, collaborative workforce is critical to the health of our families and our communities.

Thank you all very much for your excellent testimony.

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Those funds will be used to accelerate efforts to discover cures to Alzheimer's, cancer, and other diseases, tackle the opioid addiction crisis, and develop a universal flu vaccine, and new antibiotics and more.

Thank you very much.